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After 'South Park' Censorship Episode, China Deleted the Show from the Web

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Re: After 'South Park' Censorship Episode, China Deleted the Show from the Web

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Post by wei_jok »

bboygravity wrote: post #9
wei_jok wrote: post #3

If you cannot watch the episode in your country, here is a link to the "Band in China" on facebook (subbed in traditional Chinese): https://www.facebook.com/fighterstudiohk/videos/396572967928...

Uhm? Facebook is the first thing that non-Western countries will block for political reasons.

Oh, not block for political reasons (some copyright issues apparently).

My friends in Hong Kong and Canada couldn't watch the official stream for some reason, and got some copyright page instead: https://southpark.cc.com/full-episodes/s23e02-band-in-china

Re: After 'South Park' Censorship Episode, China Deleted the Show from the Web

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Post by dmitriid »

Strom wrote: post #8
dmitriid wrote: post #7

Is it irony that the episode on censorship isn't even available outside of the States?

There is no US-only restriction. Some locations might be restritcted, but I could watch the episode in Estonia. https://southpark.cc.com/

The restrictions are weird. The link you posted isn't available from Sweden.

The irony of anti-censorship episode being only available in select countries...

Re: After 'South Park' Censorship Episode, China Deleted the Show from the Web

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Post by pndy »

Hitton wrote: post #6
nutcracker46 wrote: post #2

Deleted only from the web controlled by the Peopple's Republic of China. You can still access South Park from the Republic of China and elsewhere. (Look what I did there: two countries, not one.)

That's because China is in English a short term for People's Republic of China while Republic of China's short term is Taiwan.

It's rather an alternative name, not a "short term"

Re: After 'South Park' Censorship Episode, China Deleted the Show from the Web

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Post by stan_rogers »

wei_jok wrote: post #11
bboygravity wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Uhm? Facebook is the first thing that non-Western countries will block for political reasons.

Oh, not block for political reasons (some copyright issues apparently). My friends in Hong Kong and Canada couldn't watch the official stream for some reason, and got some copyright page instead: https://southpark.cc.com/full-episodes/s23e02-band-in-china

In Canada, The Comedy Network has exclusive rights to South Park (and several other Comedy Channel properties).

Re: After 'South Park' Censorship Episode, China Deleted the Show from the Web

#15

Post by nopemagnet »

bboygravity wrote: post #9
wei_jok wrote: post #3

If you cannot watch the episode in your country, here is a link to the "Band in China" on facebook (subbed in traditional Chinese): https://www.facebook.com/fighterstudiohk/videos/396572967928...

Uhm? Facebook is the first thing that non-Western countries will block for political reasons.

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:645FEB655D770627403E61BD6DF817C8EE30492B&dn=South+Park+S23E02+HDTV+x264+SVA&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.coppersurfer.tk%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.leechers-paradise.org%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.opentrackr.org%3A1337%2Fannounce&tr=http%3A%2F%2Ftracker.trackerfix.com%3A80%2Fannounce

Re: After 'South Park' Censorship Episode, China Deleted the Show from the Web

#16

Post by VvR-Ox »

unnouinceput wrote: post #5

Good, good....the more the merrier. Maybe finally the world will stop cuddling with China like they did in past 3 decades and start treating them for what they really are. A tight grip censorship dictatorship that has thrown dust in the world's eyes posing as softies while behind the scenes they amassed a lot of wealth riding West blindness.

At least they are not the same warmongerers as the USA. Their tactics to use the legit ways of business to gain more power is really smart compared to many western countries who just invade others with brute force, military and bombs.

China is a f*ed up country concerning human rights etc. but in the end we could really use a mix of the best ideas from both worlds.

I'm afraid the world will go on like it does because globalization forces us to work together. Either one will gain absolute power or we'll have this situation going on like forever probably.

P.S.: We have our own share of censorship etc. but we have the tendency to ignore that and point our fingers at countries like China for being "much worse".

Re: After 'South Park' Censorship Episode, China Deleted the Show from the Web

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Post by swebs »

nopemagnet wrote: post #15
bboygravity wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Uhm? Facebook is the first thing that non-Western countries will block for political reasons.

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:645FEB655D770627403E61BD6DF817C8EE30492B&dn=South+Park+S23E02+HDTV+x264+SVA&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.coppersurfer.tk%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.leechers-paradise.org%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.opentrackr.org%3A1337%2Fannounce&tr=http%3A%2F%2Ftracker.trackerfix.com%3A80%2Fannounce

Why is this link downvoted? If it's due to your views on piracy, torrents shouldn't be any worse that the pirate Facebook stream.

Re: After 'South Park' Censorship Episode, China Deleted the Show from the Web

#18

Post by captncrunchcode »

unnouinceput wrote: post #5

Good, good....the more the merrier. Maybe finally the world will stop cuddling with China like they did in past 3 decades and start treating them for what they really are. A tight grip censorship dictatorship that has thrown dust in the world's eyes posing as softies while behind the scenes they amassed a lot of wealth riding West blindness.

Let's be honest, we all know why they're banning South Park. It's because they showed Winnie the Pooh...

P.S. While this trending topic isn't directly related to technology, great to see the masses in tech taking a stance against censorship.

Re: After 'South Park' Censorship Episode, China Deleted the Show from the Web

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Post by swebs »

dmitriid wrote: post #12
Strom wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is no US-only restriction. Some locations might be restritcted, but I could watch the episode in Estonia. https://southpark.cc.com/

The restrictions are weird. The link you posted isn't available from Sweden. The irony of anti-censorship episode being only available in select countries...

Try iTunes or Google Play. The Nordic version of South Park Studios is always several months behind.

Re: After 'South Park' Censorship Episode, China Deleted the Show from the Web

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Post by rm_-rf_slash »

VvR-Ox wrote: post #16
unnouinceput wrote: post #5

Good, good....the more the merrier. Maybe finally the world will stop cuddling with China like they did in past 3 decades and start treating them for what they really are. A tight grip censorship dictatorship that has thrown dust in the world's eyes posing as softies while behind the scenes they amassed a lot of wealth riding West blindness.

At least they are not the same warmongerers as the USA. Their tactics to use the legit ways of business to gain more power is really smart compared to many western countries who just invade others with brute force, military and bombs. China is a f*ed up country concerning human rights etc. but in the end we could really use a mix of the best ideas from both worlds. I'm afraid the world will go on like it does because…

>At least they are not the same warmongerers as the USA

Yes, it is so much better that they conduct their business of organ harvesting domestic prisoners and putting Muslims into concentration camps in their own (conquered) territories instead of doing it in places that fly different flags. Think of how horrible that would be if that were the case!

Edit: 你好，无毛党！

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