Access Any Online Content and Enjoy Video Services Across the World
The internet is an unlimited network with a countless amount of content. You can read books, research articles, watch movies, or enjoy funny videos with cats. You can find anything online. But what if you see a notification like “This video isn’t available due to geographical licensing restrictions”? Does it mean that you can’t watch the desired movie due to this geo-blocking?
Actually, not. Go on reading to figure out what “geographical restrictions” mean and how to bypass geo-blocking across the world with MonoDefense.
What Does Geographical Restrictions Mean
Geo-blocking is an access restriction for certain content due to geolocation. It is usually applied within state borders to regulate licenses, legal agreements, and regulations for media content and intellectual property. Geographical restrictions are applied to social networks, news sites, or any type of media content. The main reasons for that are the following:
- Copyright agreements. Media services usually apply these regulations due to some agreements between the owners of the intellectual property with local media networks. This can cause differences in media libraries across the world. For example, the American Netflix library with 5,879+ titles differs from the Georgian one, with only 2116 titles available.
- State censorship. Governments can apply this type of geographical restrictions for content that doesn’t comply with the principles of its state and local laws. For instance, as of 2006, the Iran government blocks English-language sites, such as the BBC or Facebook. By 2008, Iran had blocked access to more than five million websites across the World Wide Web.
- Blackouts. Sports video services across the world can limit the right of viewers in certain countries to stream specific sporting events. National broadcasting companies can have exclusive distribution rights. Additionally, various content owners like sports leagues can have contractual agreements with specific networks.
How Geo-Blocking Works
Geographical restrictions are applied by using tracking and geolocation technology to identify your Internet Protocol (IP) address. Your IP address works like your residence address — it indicates your geolocation. If your IP address belongs to a region or state where a certain site or video service is blocked, you will not access the content.
For example, while traveling your IP changes depending on your geolocation. And being in France you will have access to content available in France due to your French IP address. If you want to get access to any exclusive American content you will have to use some additional tools to change your IP to American and bypass this geo-blocking.
Is Geo-Blocking Legal
The legal status of geographical restriction may vary from country to country. For instance, states like the US, Australia, or Canada, consider geo-blocking a pretty good solution for copyright and licensing agreements. But the European Union has a contrary position considering geographical restrictions and in 2018 the EU adopted regulations against unjustified geo-blocking.
With the MonoDefense solutions, you will never face any notifications like “This video isn’t available due to geographical licensing restrictions”.
How MonoDefense Guarantees Access to Geo-Restricted Content Across the World
MonoDefense is a bundle of security apps aimed to minimize the risks of your web browsing and keep all aspects of your online routine safe. Furthermore, it makes your stay on the web more convenient and opens the borders that you can face during internet surfing. Geo-blocking is one of such borders and MonoDefense offers two reliable tools to bypass geolocation restrictions and get access to any content on the web.
VPN Unlimited
VPN Unlimited is an excellent tool for encryption of your web traffic and protection of sensitive data in public WiFi hotspots or insecure networks. The encrypted traffic is sent through remote VPN servers and any third parties will not be able to intercept it.
VPN Unlimited implements top-notch protocols and provides unique security and privacy. This allows you to bypass geolocation restrictions and get access to content and video services across the world. Just choose a server you need and unblock any geo-restricted content.
Using a VPN app you encrypt your traffic but your speed may be slightly affected. Sometimes you don’t need to protect your data but unblock a video service somewhere across the world. In this case, the lack of connection speed can ruin the moment and the impressions of a new online movie. But MonoDefense can offer another solution designed exactly for this case.
SmartDNS
SmartDNS is a service that lets you access geo-restricted content and video services across the world. It masks your real geolocation and replaces the DNS address of your device with another server’s DNS.
SmartDNS by KeepSolid allows you to bypass geolocation restrictions and watch the media libraries of Hulu, Amazon Prime, and BBC iPlayer across the world. But what’s more important is that SmartDNS doesn’t encrypt your traffic and your speed stays unaffected.
You can watch videos at the highest possible speed, without lags or buffering. The KeepSolid solution is available on almost any internet-capable device. So you can easily set up a Smart TV, a media player, a router, a PC, or a tablet and bypass geolocation restrictions.
Other MonoDefense Solutions
MonoDefense is a great instrument to protect all aspects of your internet life: your internet, connection, sensitive data, and device safety. Besides VPN Unlimited and SmartDNS, MonoDefense includes two other KeepSolid products. Let’s have a look!
- Safe storage of passwords, notes, licenses, and other sensitive data
- Secure and encrypted sharing of private information with colleagues, family, or friends
- Up-to-date information about the safety of your accounts and risks of data breaches
- Malicious traffic filtering
- Blocking known-malicious websites
- Flexible settings of trusted websites and services
Bypass geographical restrictions and unblock any content on the web regardless of your geolocation!