darn, i thought it was a facebook thing.
I click the link & the page comes up fine.
but when i click on the arrow to start the video the video window just goes black --- not even the sound comes up.
I wonder if I need to download some movie watching app?

I posted on FB before i come here....Can you play other Videos???

If not and you are on 7..might be your Flash player...I know even on 10, i have FP issues but not on 8..Very Weird..

Same here Jarca, black when I click on the arrow.

jazzkeys= thank you for your reply....
I re-downloaded chrome & checked to make sure i have all the add ons that should make this work...but no luck.

now, my "font" is so tiny i can hardly see it---lord knows what i've done now LOL
(i should have left well enough alone)

ah well...... such is life as a computer moron, with a compter as old as myself hahahahaha

I actually had it open for me on FB, and told Peter and Jarca. But now, coming here and clicking on the link, it does what Jarca and jazzkeys said, clcik on the play key and it goes black with a teeny tiney red dot on it. Very small, you could not see it if the screen was not black, Well Thank you Peter, I can say it was good info.

It is to weird today , maybe tomorrow will be better.

Must be the video rights..I get the same with the ''This video not available in your area'' whatever message from some US places.....

I can open it here fine so that must be it....

anyway i have looked on you tube but it is too recent to be on yet...

My son called last night & I asked him about it because he travels a lot & his wife is from another country that she contacts a lot thru the computer.
He used some word that was NOT "cookies" so i'll just use "code" as the word he used (big help here)

he said different countries have different "codes" that can't cross borders or are blocked to different countries unless a person downloads something that allows them access to those "codes"----He told me if a person talks to another country a lot then that person can download the 'codes' for that country....
however, for a person like me that just wants to look at a couple of things then it isn't worth downloading the 'code'.

That is my simple version of what he said---i'm sure someone more computer savvy than I am could explain it better.
So sorry peter, but I guess i can't watch the link you posted :(

so what was the procedure?

I believe this may be the same story ... perhaps Gwapo can confirm.

Copy and paste the URL in your browser and it should work ... in the USA.


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-05/surgery-for-asthma-trialled-in-australia/7298526

The problem is basically one between a particular services and copyright violations. An application (browser) or Host (provider) can be held liable for damages and may be censored when it hosts copyrighted videos without the copyright holder's or a current Host's permission. Most often these sorts of blocks are "country-based"*, for example, the current performance rights companies in Germany are fighting with YouTube, so many German music videos are blocked if anyone is using YouTube. In this case there can be certain "carry-overs". A particular video won't be a 'musical video', but may contain background music, thus censored. Sporting Events are often blocked as well.

[* The "code" jarca is taking about is simplify the IP Address. This is easily managed by country. Specific details are often hard to come by because there may be many reasons why an IP Address is blocked - and no one is interested in revealing the exact heuristics involved, that they are involved in a legal entanglement, or more importantly censorship is easily avoided once a user is aware of the method employed.]

The various prohibitions are relatively easy to get around - depending on the reason or circumstance. For example, to watch some videos don't use Google or YouTube just use a different browser.

"The most common way of viewing blocked videos is to use browser add-ons that fake a foreign IP address, which are available for all common browsers and Spotify, in some cases these add-ons even come pre-bundled with a browser setup. Another way is to go through a foreign proxy or VPN server. Although intellectual property rights in music are licensed by territory, employing such methods to circumvent local restrictions is not illegal."

You can find this story and multiple videos on procedure at

http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/breakthrough-asthma-treatment/vi-BBrn8NM

Since this is a msn site you should have no problem with video.

The procedure ( 17 patients so far ) is bronchial Thermoplasty. Basically looks similar to an angi plasty type procedure that they use ot open arteries to the heart, In this case opens bronchial tubes to increase air flow much like the heart procedure opens arteries for blood flow.

You can read about it at parts below...This is not a new procedure I believe but new to Australia.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-05/surgery-for-asthma-trialled-in-australia/7298526


"Study gives doctors 'increased confidence' in treatment

Bronchial thermoplasty was first approved in 2010 and has already been used in similar trials in other parts of the world.
Key points:

Treatment involves heat being applied to open the lungs' airway
It is minimally invasive and undertaken under sedation
Those with severe asthma are most likely to benefit
Few clinics offer it but doctors want it more widely available "

George in NY

Thank you George......and Rachel...Please note everything that our friend Gnott has told you....I expect you will duly get your computer updated with this Info...

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Just to be clear, I should add that it isn't just "music videos" that can be blocked or censored by country, browser, app; they just tend to be the most common. Any "intellectual property or rights" can be blocked for one reason or another.

Just one of the many new complications of a global internet full of bickering people. Smile

thanks gnott...i knew someone that understood these things would come in and make more sense than i [ever] do :)