http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/ Engadget Comments for Hulu begins encrypting HTML content to thwart non-browser apps http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/Apr 1st 2009 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/Apr 1st 2009 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/Apr 1st 2009 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/
I didn't want to watch your stinkin commercials anyway HULU!]]>Apr 1st 2009 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/
"The current Tor network is quite small compared to the number of people trying to use it, and many of these users don't understand or care that Tor can't currently handle file-sharing traffic load."

https://www.torproject.org/faq#WhySlow

In any case, you'll get far better results by other means, such as a VPN. I use Witopia's SSL/PPTP package, which has exit points in the US and UK, allowing access to both Hulu and the BBC iPlayer.

http://www.witopia.net/welcome.php]]>Apr 1st 2009 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/Apr 1st 2009 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/Apr 1st 2009 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/Apr 1st 2009 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/Apr 1st 2009 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/
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Content providers (Fox/NBC) pulling out, leaving hulu with a vastly reduced library.

Here's what the content providers are afraid of:

Cable companies/local network (TWC, Comcast, FiOS, your local OTA NBC channel, etc) filing lawsuits due to breach of contract. (the pay 100s of millions for access to the shows)

Here's what the cable companies are afraid of:

Losing ad revenue due to people viewing ads served by Hulu instead of their local OTA network and/or cable channels.

It's kinda like the whole collect call/pre-paid calling card snafu in the 90s, where pay-phone owners were going broke because the big telcos were collecting all the revenue via collect calls and pre-paid phone cards. ]]>Apr 1st 2009 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/
double up the commercials so everyone is happy, then someone create a 3rd party plugin for boxee to buffer the download so you can fast forward through like tivo, and name it FHULU. ]]>Apr 1st 2009 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/Apr 1st 2009 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/Apr 1st 2009 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/Apr 1st 2009 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/Apr 1st 2009 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/Apr 1st 2009 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/I'll just go back to rss torrents, it was nice not to have to watch commercials and buffer video anyways.

If you change your mind, I'd still be interested in going "legit" again. Until then, thanks, but no thanks.]]>Apr 1st 2009 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/Apr 1st 2009 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/
just made me go back to torrents again. boxee still does netflix loving :)

i'd like it if hulu offered premium memberships of $10 a month for unlimited, commercial free streaming.

do it! do it now!]]>Apr 1st 2009 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/Apr 1st 2009 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/
Movies from Netflix (with online streaming of some honestly crappy movies, that at least hold me over till the movies I really want show up in the mail)

And I've stopped downloading music illegally. Between Pandora, SeeqPod and iTunes+ I'm finally happy with getting my music fix online.]]>Apr 1st 2009 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/
This is a completely understandable and expected tactic by Hulu. They want to make sure the networks keep providing them content, and the only way (as of now, at least) is to make sure it stays on browsers. The evolution to Hulu-on-TV will come eventually, but it can't happen overnight.

Millions of users want free content streaming to their TVs with only three 15 second ads per 30 minute episode? Yeah, that's TV Utopia right there, but networks can't sustain it...yet. If you want this new golden age of TV to continue, let this all run its course. Networks aren't as ignorant as it may seem.]]>Apr 1st 2009 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/Apr 1st 2009 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/
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Sorry. All of these people are ignorant and scared. The Internet changes the game and they will resist it with their last breath.]]>Apr 1st 2009 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/Apr 1st 2009 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/Apr 1st 2009 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/
http://www.hulu.com/channels/Action-and-Adventure?ajax=true&type=episodes&kind=videos&sort=release&page=2

That's one of the many URLs that hulu use to push the dynamic content on to your page when you navigate. As you can see, it's all encoded.]]>Apr 1st 2009 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://labs.neohapsis.com/2009/04/14/huluclient-side-encryptionseriously/]]>Apr 14th 2009 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/Apr 1st 2009 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/Apr 1st 2009 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/Apr 1st 2009 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/Apr 1st 2009 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/Apr 1st 2009 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/Apr 1st 2009 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/
For the metaphor impaired: "If you play with the content providers, they're going to rape you."

For the extremely metaphor impaired: "If Hulu signed agreements with content providers (which is a given), the content providers will take advantage of Hulu by any legal means possible at every possible moment."]]>Apr 1st 2009 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/
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And regardless, Boxee's CEO Avner Ronen told us that his goal is to help the consumer, and will always help find publicly available content online.

http://techvi.com/boxeeceo]]>Apr 1st 2009 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/Apr 1st 2009 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/
It's always cat & mouse; Hulu figures out tricks, Boxee & others break it. It's nothing too terrible, and at least Hulu is not forcing users to install a special plugin (requiring software installs & blocking out non mainstream OSes).]]>Apr 1st 2009 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/-Taylor]]>Apr 1st 2009 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/Apr 1st 2009 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/
Seemed pretty self-explanatory to me, but thought I'd clear it up. ;)]]>Apr 1st 2009 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/hulu-begins-encrypting-html-content-to-thwart-non-browser-apps/
No hi-def.... but that's a limit of the processor (It only has an AMD Athlon XP 1800+) not the setup.]]>Apr 1st 2009 2:17PM