<span style='font-family:Verdana'><span style='font-size:12px'>I recently visited Hulu.com on finding they had available "Passport to<br />
Pimlico," mentioned in this blog post: http://aots.co.uk/blog/?p=2638<br />
<br />
On attempting to view the movie, I was greeted by a message that read:<br />
<br />
"Based on your IP address, we noticed that you are trying to access Hulu<br />
through an anonymous proxy tool. Hulu is not currently available outside<br />
the U.S. If you're in the U.S., you'll need to disable your anonymizer<br />
to access videos on Hulu. If you think you're receiving this message in<br />
error, please submit this form."<br />
<br />
I'll leave aside that Hulu blocks the entrance to a British comedy because<br />
someone from England might be trying to sneak into the theater.<br />
<br />
Also the minor obstruction it was to circumnavigate and watch the movie anyway.<br />
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More the point, the anonymous proxy tool Hulu noticed wasn't in use when Hulu<br />
"noticed" it. It hadn't been online since a reformat of the hard drive and<br />
fresh install of the operating system a few weeks before. <br />
<br />
Hulu's notice was provoked by the IP address having been entered into one<br />
or another blacklist for previously running a Tor relay. The only pretext<br />
was that the address appeared within Tor network status reports, without<br />
regard the relay had been configured as non-exit. <br />
<br />
Extra credit absurdity, Hulu continues to regard suspicious an IP address<br />
from which they would not have directly received anonymous requests when<br />
the relay _had been_ active.<br />
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I haven't submitted the form to report receiving the message in error, nor<br />
bothered attempting to have the IP address removed from the blacklist. I<br />
haven't been otherwise inconvenienced by it.<br />
<br />
Instead, I recommend running non-exit Tor relays on U.S. IP addresses with<br />
a view to the minimum period to get onto the blacklist(s) Hulu references.<br />
Achieving this, move to another IP address, rinse, repeat. Blacklisted<br />
addresses then cycle to other users, who may never notice until an attempt<br />
to watch shows on Hulu. Some will complain, most will surrender that it<br />
just doesn't work, move along and deny Hulu the avertising revenue.<br />
<br />
Promote online privacy and jam transmission of broadcast television content<br />
on the internet as a side effect. Win-Win.</span></span>