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Re:Puffer – Stream live TV in the browser by chacha2 on Sunday July 21, 2019 @12:07PM (#20491962)
It's 'geoconstrained' by just giving you a tick box that says you're in America. I wish all geoconstraits were that lazy.
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Re:Puffer – Stream live TV in the browser by T1glober on Sunday July 21, 2019 @01:09PM (#20492344)
Incidentally, crypto exchanges in the past (and one very recently, known as Bitmex) have faced issues with US authorities regarding this. Context: US citizens cannot trade unless the exchange is US-licensed.

Essentially, US gov applied pressure such that a simple tick box (to prove you are not American) is not sufficient. So, authorities definitely have precedent to enforce geo-constraints, it's just a matter of "do they care".

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Re:Puffer – Stream live TV in the browser by jrockway on Sunday July 21, 2019 @07:19PM (#20494301)
I'm guessing that these broadcasters will be happy to go from 0 to 500 viewers. YouTube hasn't killed them quite yet!
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Re:Puffer – Stream live TV in the browser by bitcollector on Sunday July 21, 2019 @01:32PM (#20492479)
live in San Jose but my VPN terminates in Canada, along with all of my DNS queries, so the geofencing is really weak ;)

The video quality is really amazing.

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Re:Puffer – Stream live TV in the browser by rnotaro on Sunday July 21, 2019 @04:04PM (#20493336)
It does not verify your location beside if you check the checkbox.
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