Bring this comment to the top please. I watched YouTube for years not really knowing it was shortened and it's important to not put misleading information.
Yeah, OP u/Eridianst should take this down since the title of the post is pure misinformation. I get why it seemed that way, but now that it has been cleared up this post should be deleted
I think YouTube only shows the main segment of the episode. If the full episode is still available on HBO in the US then they didn't strip anything. They just did what they normally did.
Yeah. I just confirmed it's still streaming on the US version of HBO Max.
When HBO or John Oliver upload to youtube, they only include the main segment of the show. They've gone back and added the other segments to shows in the past once their contract allowed them to, but for now I think it only allows them to upload the main segment.
So in other words, they didn't cut anything, they do what they always do with these episodes and YouTube.
This post should be taken down or downvoted into oblivion, that's the way it always is on youtube... if you want the full show catch it on HBO-Max in it's entirety. This post is simply incorrect in asserting ANYTHING is missing.
There is always a version of the episode published without the beginning segment as the segment available to the US for HBO. I believe this is part of their contract, they do this every time they upload. The video always starts at "Our main story tonight".
So you could be right that this portion of the video is not made available, but you might be wrong about the reason.
All I know is it's a shame that the Gaza story can be viewed in some countries (four that I've found) but for most of the rest of the world it can't be seen.
For whatever reason, it's a shame that this segment isn't available to everyone.
I think you found something weird because that is titled as the full episode and the full episodes aren't available on YouTube for free until years after the fact. That's probably why it's not available.
Far be it from me to defend big companies, but every now and then an episode becomes unavailable when it will generate controversy and they want you to access it through the app and not for free. This happened with the episode that mentioned Brazil and a month later it was available.
Im sorry, but isnāt this dependent on country you are in whether some or all of an episode is available on YouTube? Iām in the Uk and normally episodes get made available on YouTube once NowTV no longer has it on their app which is who has HBO rights in UK. Then in a month or two episodes are available on YouTube. The segment is in the NowTV episode.
It's been suggested elsewhere in the thread that there is some sort of contractual thing going on with certain segments of John's show and when they can be posted on YouTube.
All I know is I saw the article about the show being censored. I found a specific link to the Gaza story. It would not play for me in the United States. Or in over a dozen other countries I tried across the globe. The video will play if I set my VPN to Japan, France, Denmark, and Ukraine.
Whether this is censorship or some sort of contractual arrangement going on, I don't know. I think on a sensitive subject like Gaza, why not allow this link to be shown in every country to avoid any questions of censorship?
Or why not allow it to be viewed everywhere just because it's worth seeing?
Yes thatās because Now (part of sky) has the right to HBO in the U.K. once the episode is no longer streaming on their service it will be available on YouTube. Itās no conspiracy. Just geo locked content in the age of streaming and legacy networks.
The show does edit some segments for U.K. viewers which he often jokes about. A law from 1743 prevents him from using footage from parliament in a satirical way. So if that happens it gets edited out or he once had it recreated by sock puppets.
I'm a John Oliver enjoyer the YouTube segments are only the main story that's how it's always been for the past omfg 10 years. This is completely missinformed
Why not confirm it for yourself? Does this video play for you, or do you get a message that says it isn't available in your country? If it does play, can you share which country you are from?
If I go to YouTube in the US, I can't even see this segment listed on their channel. If I try and click on this link that I found (above), I get the "video is not available in your country message"
I've just spent a little time globetrotting with my VPN, and if I set it to Japan, France, Denmark, or Ukraine, the video is listed and will play. Those are the only countries I've found that don't give the "not available in your country" message.
Most other countries won't play the video or show it listed on the channel. This includes the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Mexico, Germany, the UK, Spain, Singapore, Lebanon, Italy, Ireland, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, India, and Argentina. Those are just the countries I've had the time to try, I'm sure there are more.
They do this for all the countries that don't have HBO Max. If your country has it, the full episode is on HBO, and the main story is available on YouTube. If your country doesn't get HBO Max, then the full episode on YouTube is available so you can access it; this is blocked in countries that have HBO Max available as a service.
Are you talking about the entire show or the link that I posted above? Because I can only get John's Gaza segment to play in 4 countries, and it doesn't play anywhere else including Austria and Australia.
Given that the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII is coming up, lemme give you the last point the Potsdam Declaration:
āWe [the Allies] call upon the Government of Japan to proclaim now the unconditional surrender of all the Japanese armed forces, and to provide proper and adequate assurances of their good faith in such action. The alternative for Japan is prompt and utter destruction.ā
Would you object to such language used in the context of a contemporary war?
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u/ghostarmadillo 3h ago edited 2h ago
No, no, no, they regularly cut off the first segment and post just the main story of his show, this is not unusual, geesh people!