Stupid Hulu restrictions...as always, I'll miss on all the fun.

There is really no such thing as 'Hulu'; it's just a funny joke Americans play on the rest of us outside the Lower 48. It's the greatest worldwide rickroll going...

:D

Oh the irony of a series about the relationship between humans and the universe only being viewable from the US. Damn you country restrictions!

And they wonder why piracy is a problem. *grumbles*

Piracy isn't a "problem". It's a solution.

What a great series. It's amazing to realize that even though this documentary was created in the mid-1980's, it needs almost no correction due to more recent discoveries. It was quite ahead of its time by referencing Global Climate Change, and why we should be so concerned about it (ie Venus). My wife and I had a wonderful time watching the whole series on DVD last year.

Quick, someone in the US set up a proxy!

What do you think Carl Sagan would think about these country restrictions?

It is these IP jackals who are the real pirates. They are, in this instance, stealing away the intent of his life works, to educate the world.

Most mass media is simply best avoided. In rare cases, the moral thing to do is to use P2P, and avoid giving any money to goups that use that money to subvert the political process and screw people.

For all the lowly non-Americans out there, who haven't tasted the sweet nectar of freedom fries:

http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/43914100/cosmos?tab=summary

So... once again, those who pirate win and those who don't move to the US?

For those who CAN view this series on Hulu, it's really stupendous. Hulu is how I watched all of Cosmos a few months ago. The quality is great, and the show itself, well... let Sagan speak for himself. Really enlightening.

Getting it for free on Hulu is of course very nice, but I'd say that the DVD set is well worth the £18 pounds Amazon UK charges for it.

There are billions and billions of us outside the US who would like to watch this.

WOW!! This is so cool! I watched every episode when I was a teen, and credit Dr. Sagan and this series for a good portion of my ongoing love of science and space. Thanks so much for sharing this!

If you like Sagan (Hulu-hate optinoal) you can always get your fix with his sciency tunes at symphonyofscience.com (BB linked to the first one a year ago or so I think)

It is also available on netflix for instance viewing on your computer, roku or whatever.

"We're sorry, our video library can only be streamed within the United States. For more information on Hulu's international availability, click on your torrent tracker site of choice"

"We are one planet", says sagan in the series, but I think it was wrongly interpreted by many, in the sense that "WE" is not the USA exclusively. Europe is included for the educated ones, the same ones who said the all the music which did not come from europe or North America (excluding Mexico) was 'World Music', just like the romans (and greeks earlier) divided the people between themselves and barbarians (humm, goyim ahoy?).

Sometimes it feels sad to be considered a barbarian in the 21st century.

It was quite ahead of its time by referencing Global Climate Change, and why we should be so concerned about it (ie Venus).

Without any slight to Sagan, that was actually standard fare for the '80s. I grew up during that decade, and remember climate change and the runaway greenhouse effect from any number of textbooks and documentaries.

I've read somewhere that there's a Firefox add-on that "bypasses" the Hulu restrictions, but I haven't tried myself.

Oh, don't I feel stupid for having the whole series on VHS for $120 back in 199x. Stupid internets. Now where will I unload these things....

Now on Hulu all the episodes bear a CC mark. Doen't this mean they could also be on Archive.org and YouTube?