Crunchyroll Region Block

[Andrei]

can someone explain me why this ♥♥♥♥ company does also blocks the stream here on Steam

i found out that if u are in a different country where they dont have the rights to sell their stuff u cant even stream it even after u bought it officially here on steam


for example what if i travel to the USA buy few animes through Steam come back to my homeland and cant stream them is this even legal ?

ive also bought animes from other publshers in the past here on Steam and noone has this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ like Chrunchyroll has

does anyone know if the region block disappears after 90 days like it disappears on Region Blocked Games ?


I am grateful for every answer.

[suicidal.banana]

Im sorry if im just misunderstanding, but are you complaining about not being allowed to re-stream an on demand anime streaming service? Im sorry but that kinda goes without saying? you pay for YOUR viewing rights, you dont pay for the rights of showing others. Now if somebody is in your house watching your monitor its fine, in that case the rights get shared, but you cant expect to be allowed to re-stream. For the same reason that you're allowed to let your mate listen to a CD you bought, but you cant give him a copy.

[Autumn_]

Originally posted by suicidal.banana:

Im sorry if im just misunderstanding, but are you complaining about not being allowed to re-stream an on demand anime streaming service? Im sorry but that kinda goes without saying? you pay for YOUR viewing rights, you dont pay for the rights of showing others. Now if somebody is in your house watching your monitor its fine, in that case the rights get shared, but you cant expect to be allowed to re-stream. For the same reason that you're allowed to let your mate listen to a CD you bought, but you cant give him a copy.

You are misunderstanding; he's asking why he can't stream it to his PC via steam. (watch it himself, not others watch him.)

Edit ; clearing something up further.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Is is not Crunchroll restricting it. It is the streaming license they purchased for the streaming rights. When CR buys a anime rights, they have to buy the rights for each region. Obviously each region costs more money, so sometimes picking & choosing is needed based on how many people show interest for X show from X region.

[suicidal.banana]

Originally posted by Autumn:

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Aaaahh, okay that makes more sense, sorry for the misunderstanding on my part.

[Bee🐝]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Is is not Crunchroll restricting it. It is the streaming license they purchased for the streaming rights. When CR buys a anime rights, they have to buy the rights for each region. Obviously each region costs more money, so sometimes picking & choosing is needed based on how many people show interest for X show from X region.

:qr:

Basically this and if you want to have a conversation about anime and region blocking, welcome to the party - people have been complaining about this for years.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

CR has plenty of threads on this in their forums.

[Andrei]

yh but ive bought them here on Steam why do they force me to stream it only in the countries where they have the rights ?

for example ive bought the anime Berserk ive traveled to germany and bought it officaly there on Steam why im not allowed to stream it in my homeland russia ?

i understand Geo Blocking things if they dont have the licences to sell their stuff in a certain country but Blocking the Stream after i bought it doesnt makes any sense.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Andrei:

yh but ive bought them here on Steam why do they force me to stream it only in the countries where they have the rights ?

for example ive bought the anime Berserk ive traveled to germany and bought it officaly there on Steam why im not allowed to stream it in my homeland russia ?

i understand Geo Blocking things if they dont have the licences to sell their stuff in a certain country but Blocking the Stream after i bought it doesnt makes any sense.

Because it was never licensed for viewing in Russia.

Complain to Crunchyroll.

https://www.crunchyroll.com/help?topic=contact

[Andrei]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Originally posted by Andrei:

yh but ive bought them here on Steam why do they force me to stream it only in the countries where they have the rights ?

for example ive bought the anime Berserk ive traveled to germany and bought it officaly there on Steam why im not allowed to stream it in my homeland russia ?

i understand Geo Blocking things if they dont have the licences to sell their stuff in a certain country but Blocking the Stream after i bought it doesnt makes any sense.

Because it was never licensed for viewing in Russia.

Complain to Crunchyroll.

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when i buy a game in a different country i can play it after 90 days without a block. ur point is not valid

and where does it says on the store page that the stream is locked to certain countries

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Andrei:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Because it was never licensed for viewing in Russia.

Complain to Crunchyroll.

when i buy a game in a different country i can play it after 90 days without a block. ur point is not valid

and where does it says on the store page that the stream is locked to certain countries

Game licenses =/= Video streaming licenses.

[Andrei]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Originally posted by Andrei:

when i buy a game in a different country i can play it after 90 days without a block. ur point is not valid

and where does it says on the store page that the stream is locked to certain countries

Game licenses =/= Video streaming licenses.

:qr:

if Valve sells Chrunchyroll stuff here they have to mention it that the streams wont work in certain countries where this ♥♥♥♥ company (chrunchyroll) doesnt have the licences

and yeah ive contacted Crunchyroll they stopped answering me

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Andrei:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Game licenses =/= Video streaming licenses.

if Valve sells Chrunchyroll stuff here they have to mention it that the streams wont work in certain countries where this ♥♥♥♥ company (chrunchyroll) doesnt have the licences

and yeah ive contacted Crunchyroll they stopped answering me

They don't, no.

I'm assuming you also went off on CR support and that's why they stopped responding.

[Cherrycat]

It's legal issues, deal with it.

[Andrei]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Originally posted by Andrei:

if Valve sells Chrunchyroll stuff here they have to mention it that the streams wont work in certain countries where this ♥♥♥♥ company (chrunchyroll) doesnt have the licences

and yeah ive contacted Crunchyroll they stopped answering me

They don't, no.

I'm assuming you also went off on CR support and that's why they stopped responding.

:qr:

no i was kindly

[Andrei]

Originally posted by Cherrycat:

It's legal issues, deal with it.

how can it be legal issues if its not mentioned on the store page ?

also there are the only ones with this kind of Geo Block lionsgate or Sentai Filmworks never did this kind of stuff

and they also have the rights for certain regions but the streams are working worldwide

i like it how some people still protecting companies like chrunchyroll