I recently recommended Adobe's new WebTV offering because it allowed European (German) users to view US TV series. Adobe just changed its policies and German viewers now do get a "This content is not available" error message.

In a world that globalizes more and more this is ridiculous. Nobody needs to wonder that people just download the series illegally just minutes after they've been broadcasted in the US. After all it's so simply and just a mouse click away. (Disclaimer: I don't encourage or endorse anybody to download anything illegally - obviously!) It's just not understandable that digital content distribution and the entire publishing and creating industry simple don't seem to get it: Viewers want to see what they want, when they want. Most of them are willing to pay for it. It seems as if nobody wants to address this market.

Anyway, I've uninstalled Adobe Media Player right away. There is no single reason to watch German series that I can watch in crystal clear digital quality on my TV anyway via Adobe Media Player or - even worse - buy them at iTunes Store.

One reason WebTV offerings would make sense is offering international content for an internationally interested audience - independent from where anybody lives. As long as these offerings are marketed as a pure alternative to my good-old-TV, I don't care.