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Is Google censoring the U.S.? (no)
Submitted by acohill on Tue, 02/21/2006 - 10:11.
I got this link from a friend. It's a short video clip hosted on Google, and when I click on it, I get this message (so do many other people).
This video is not playable in your country.
As my friend asked, "Are living in China now?"
Google has stepped on a banana peel at the top of a very steep hill.
Update 2/22/06
I was completely wrong about this...see the comment below for a perfectly reasonable explanation.
Not as exciting as you would think
The person that uploaded the video choose not to allow viewing by IP addresses in the US.
It is also trivial to get around this.
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/02/21/google_censoring_ira.html
Philip