<tt>I've never gone to prison but this is commonplace in the more privileged "decks" or classifications (rehab unit, minimum security etc) of County jails all over Illinois.<br>It's not a "public performance" as much as it's crowd control and a way to reward inmates who act good and contribute (being a "trusty," working in the kitchen, or just general reinforcement of "you're not in jail, you're in Rehab") to the wellness and sanity of the institution.<br>First hand knowledge.<br></tt>

This is a "DNS provider answering /any/ hostname request with the A-record of your zone/domain" issue.

..!arpa!jamie:  ~ % dig veryImprobableHostname-becauseIJustMadeItUp.4kidsnus.com a

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;veryImprobableHostname-becauseIJustMadeItUp.4kidsnus.com. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
veryImprobableHostname-becauseIJustMadeItUp.4kidsnus.com. 0 IN CNAME 4kidsnus.com.
4kidsnus.com.           82      IN      A       50.73.38.13

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
4kidsnus.com.           79      IN      NS      ns2.dnsexit.com.
4kidsnus.com.           79      IN      NS      ns4.dnsexit.com.
4kidsnus.com.           79      IN      NS      ns3.dnsexit.com.
4kidsnus.com.           79      IN      NS      ns1.dnsexit.com.

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So, as you see, (and I'm sure it's intentional as a favor to you, seeing how
the TTL is low) any queried hostname will return an answer of "CNAME
(your domain)," which gives an A record out;

Smart business model for Micello. Do it right, and Google will buy them. Everyone wins.

Copyright is copyright. You generally want to (in the us : you *must*) not only maintain exclusive control of it, but you must actively defend against its (using a trademark term) dilution.

You're probably spot on with the ad-sales idea, however..

Absolutely. Remember, kids -- "DVD Region Coding" isn't just so studios can annoy you : the regions themselves fall along very specific lines; "Minimum points of entry" or "demarc"s, if you will.

Works are very commonly (if not always, or close enough) released at certain times and places TO certain places, usually staggered. There are tons of releases that, for one reason or another, never release in some regions.

Many times, licenses (perpetual, exclusive and/or other) are tied right into this -- some place that distributes, say, Star Trek, in the Americas, may have long ago in a galaxy far away sold exclusivity w.r.t. distribution/licensing to someone else.

Besides, if you can't figure out how to proxy a u.s. address in order to get some download cookies / uris, you shouldnt be posting complaining "poor me".

I'll trade you some Star Trek for some BBC-Player action.. :)

This gives a whole new meaning to "Planned Outage" :((