Copyright

It's one thing to not be able to watch a YouTube video a friend posts on Facebook or some of my favorite shows online because "this video is not available in your country or region." It's another thing to not be able to do my homework. For class we need to watch a video, which just so conveniently happens to be available online. This would make it so much easier, to be able to just sit comfortably in my room with my laptop and watch it...if I were in the U.S.
No, it is physically (as physical as cyberspace gets...) impossible to access this film from a German router. So now I have to go awkwardly sit in the Uni library (which is 15 minutes away by tram) and watch it alone in a much more awkward environment. Which could potentially become even more awkward if another member of the class decides to show up when I'm halfway through it. One would think having to watch a movie for homework would be easy, but it's actually rather stressful when your freedom of information is limited.
I really don't understand this copyright policy. If you live in the country where the film was made you can watch it for free, but if you're somewhere else, tough luck. No American TV for you! It's not like the company is losing a lot of money...I could sit in my room in Amherst and watch this film 100 times if I wanted to (not that I would...) and the company wouldn't make a cent, but if I want to watch it in Freiburg it somehow violates their copyright. I don't see the point.
Anyway, considering it's almost 5pm on a Saturday I don't think I'll rouse myself to get to the library today. But can you guess where I'll be spending my Sunday afternoon?

Not at the Seepark.

-Emily

P.S. - Props to Comedy Central for letting their programs be available in my country or region.