First the good news: TBS, the television network which has been broadcasting episodes of Seinfeld for years, has now starting streaming some episodes online at TBS.com.
Now the bad news: Only Windows users need bother visiting the site, as the Soup Nazi aka DRM has decided to tell Mac users “No Seinfeld for you!”
Requires Microsoft Windows
I’m glad the Time Warner owned company has decided to finally make Seinfeld one of the shows available online, but as with the rest of its offerings, it requires Microsoft Windows to be used to access the episodes.
The decision to move the show online is a good one, as after all these years, it still has a loyal set of fans who will watch the episodes on repeat, and make the network some healthy advertising revenue in to the bargain.
Silicon Alley Insider reports that the network will be showing certain episodes on a rotating basis, starting with The Truth, The Muffin Tops, The Yada Yada and The Millennium.
A Possible Own Goal?
Obviously, the reason Mac users aren’t welcome is due to the network using Microsoft’s DRM software to protect the show from being copied and sent around the Internet illegally.
However, all this is likely to do is make Mac, and Linux users for that matter, look elsewhere for their dose of the sitcom about nothing, and they’re likely to turn to illegal sources such as BitTorrent for it. An own goal perhaps?
