August 24, 2008, 5:42 pm by Brett

It seems that we needed only a matter of time until podcasting became yet another available tool for any ol’ Internet user to speak out. This post deals with not the average user, but the international news corperation you may have heard of called, The BBC.

My first introduction to podcasting came in the spring of 2007, when a professor directed me to find a BBC podcast by Melvin Bragg called, “In Our Time.” Since then, I have listened to numerous other podcasts, and to this day, I find this program to be the most widely informative audio available anywhere in the universe.

Even if they like to spell words like “programme” all funny, those British have sure perfected the art of broadcasting of ideas and current events through mediums such as the radio, television, and now podcasting; however, if I may take a moment to rant about the ridiculous restriction they have exercised on Youtube by not allowing the United States to view their VODCasts, you would oblige me.

The whole idea of this Internet thing is to transmit information almost instantaneously with out paying heed to the previously bothersome hindrances like borders or oceans. I don’t know why the BBC has restricted our country from viewing their Youtube videos. I know there are simple hacks to override the restriction, but the point is the BBC feels their information is privy only to their country. It makes me mad.

Things like podcasting, VODcasting, blogging, or any other advent of the Internet should be available to anyone with a computer and a modem. Last time I checked, neither the United States of America, nor the United Kingdom prescribed to censorship like our friends in the Far East.

If you are like me and think that the BBC should allow their programs to be viewed on Youtube in the United states, then take this opportunity to make an angry comment about it yourself!