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Going around the system, but “legally”? And for $11.95 a month?

WE WERE ALERTED Tuesday to this site, Canulu.com, by the University of Ottawa’s Michael Geist. It appears to borrow part of the logo from, and the site looks a lot like, Hulu.com – the U.S. video portal owned by NBC, Fox and Disney – and says it will let Canadians get around the geo-blocking of American sites, including abc.com, nbc.com, pandora.com, fox.com, cbs.com, hbo.com and others. Hulu, too. And, despite the fact all these sites are free-to-view Stateside, Canulu says it will charge Canadians $11.95 a month for the work-around (btw, a web search will show any Canadians ways to get...