Dr Horrible struggles for international citizenship

We knew there would be problems with Dr Horrible streaming for locations outside the U.S. So I'd really like to know why this wasn't addressed before the freaking first part went live.

Based on what was published on the show's Twitter I'm trying this but even if it works, it has put a serious dampener on the whole thing. I really expected better from Joss and his team.

Seems to be working in IE (not Firefox), going to go and drag my brother out of bed - international peeps, give it a go.

Dr Horrible for all!

Edit on Dr Horrible:

Now available for the whole world to see, and though I still think it would have been nice to anticipate this, thumbs-up to everyone who worked to fix the problem within half a day (and for giving tips to view it before that). Plus the fact that they left messages around the internet to try and explain makes all the difference. In the end, much of what makes this project so interesting is this responsiveness, the reality of the people behind the project.

And oh, Canada and your bilingual rules. I miss you. ^^

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My space bulletin:
We are currently working on international capabilites. We are sorry for the delay. Please understand, we are literally working on this from our living room.
We're working working. Promise.
Love,
The Dr.
Horrible Team

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On whedonesque:
Dear... I want to say friends...

I Can't tell you what a thrill it was for me and Jed and Zack and Maurissa to gather round the comp-fire and await the launch of our musical... and find out it wasn't playing in many many places. And get slammed. And slammed. Yay team! Team of slamming!

The fact is, we're dealing with big companies that have moved more quickly on this venture than they've ever had to. We've always been clear about getting this out to everyone, but that just isn't as simple as we'd like. (At the last minute we found out about a Canadian restriction involving it having to be in French simultaneously...) We (well, mostly Jed) have worked to the point of delirium getting this out to you guys, and yeah, we're experiencing technical difficulties. Bear with us. We're (well, mostly Jed) trying to make this work for everyone as soon as we can. It's not thoughtlessness, or jingoism, corporate evil or scurvy. It's just new. We'll get you there.

For those of you who HAVE seen it, isn't it dreamy? Thank you for all your comments. They buoyed us much. Sadly, we really just phoned in the next two eps, so it's all downhill. Jestage!
And now, I fly! (Coach.) xoxo -j.

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On the video itself, I can't wait to see the rest, and I have a nagging feeling the song will grow on me the more I listen to them. Neil Patrick Harris is so adorable. ^^