Comments on: The Nation-Wide Web: Why Licencing is a Dead End http://www.ignisfatuus.com/2008/08/05/the-nation-wide-web-why-licencing-is-a-dead-end/ Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:36:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dave http://www.ignisfatuus.com/2008/08/05/the-nation-wide-web-why-licencing-is-a-dead-end/comment-page-1/#comment-253 Dave Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:58:26 +0000 http://www.ignisfatuus.com/?p=243#comment-253 I just found out that ReGenesis, a cancelled CBC show nominated for no less than 10 Geminis (why have I never heard of it?! Was I in France?) is available on <a href="http://www.hulu.com/videos/search?query=ReGenesis" rel="nofollow">Hulu</a>. I can't seem to find it on the <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2006/08/29/gemini-noms-first.html" rel="nofollow">CBC webpage</a>. Maybe I'm missing something, but it looks awfully to me like a Canadian show is being made available to Americans and not to Canadians -- even though making it available to Canadians would be as simple as licencing the Canadians rights to the show to Hulu. Which is a little like selling your car and then renting it from the buyer, but whatever. I never said this whole Internet licencing made sense! I just found out that ReGenesis, a cancelled CBC show nominated for no less than 10 Geminis (why have I never heard of it?! Was I in France?) is available on Hulu.

I can’t seem to find it on the CBC webpage. Maybe I’m missing something, but it looks awfully to me like a Canadian show is being made available to Americans and not to Canadians — even though making it available to Canadians would be as simple as licencing the Canadians rights to the show to Hulu. Which is a little like selling your car and then renting it from the buyer, but whatever.

I never said this whole Internet licencing made sense!

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