Wired’s tips for watching BBC’s ‘UK-only’ World Cup video

Posted by Martin Stabe on 13 June 2006 at 17:48
Tags: BBC, Journalism, Online

For licencing reasons, the BBC’s online streaming video coverage of the World Cup is available for UK broadband users only.

Of course, it was really only a matter of time until clever overseas fans found a way to access this valuable BBC content. US tech magazine Wired has helpfully provided a link to a web site that shows readers how to circumvent the Corporation’s geolocation technology in order to watch the streaming video from overseas.

The suggested workaround is to use UK-based public proxy servers to fool the BBC into believing you are attempting to access the video from within the UK.

But now that we’ve told you how to do it, Wired warns its tech-savvy audience, don’t try this at home:

Caveat: Wired News didn’t test this, so if you try it you’re on your own.

Also it should be pointed out that FIFA frowns upon this sort of thing, but whether or not it is illegal here in the United States is a gray area.

You have been warned.

Tags: BBC, Journalism, Online