Hulu blocks vpn users over piracy concerns

[Crusader]

Hulu, the largest public movie and TV streaming service in the United States, began blocking VPN users this week. The move is an attempt to prevent "pirates" from oversees from accessing videos without permission, but it is also blocking many legitimate users from surfing the Internet securely.

hulu-barbedFree and legal streaming services such as Hulu have been proven to slow down piracy rates in the United States.

At the same time, however, they also created a new problem. With a relatively cheap VPN subscription, people from all over the world can connect to the site via a U.S.-based IP-address and bypass its geographical restrictions.

In an effort to deal with these unauthorized users, Hulu has started to block visitors who access the site through an IP-address that’s linked to a VPN service. This blockade also applies to hundreds of thousands of U.S. citizens.

Hulu’s blocklist was implemented this week and currently covers the IP-ranges of all major VPN services. People who try to access the site through one of these IPs are not allowed to view any content on the site, and receive the following notice instead.

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Lame Now I can't watch anything haha

 

[~KAGE-008]

Blocking international guests from accesing a streaming site... This is just ridiculous.

 

[Evil Eye]

Lame Now I can't watch anything haha

You were their target, weren't you?

 

[Crusader]

Lame Now I can't watch anything haha

You were their target, weren't you?

Maybe, a little.

Yes.