Has anyone heard of the film “409″? No? Me neither, but that’s all I get when I try to visit the new MovieClips.com beta that supposedly launched today.
I could understand if the site had generated so much hype that its servers had overloaded.
I’d be annoyed, but understanding, if it had told me that I was in the wrong territory to watch films from the six Hollywood studios that have authorised them.
Getting a 409 error isn’t quite what I had in mind.
Did I cause the conflict?
Well, no matter. Perhaps it’ll be back up later, then I can search thousands of two-minute movie clips, rate and share them, and maybe even embed them on my own site.
Will it topple the might of YouTube, which now has its fair share of legitimate film clips? Possibly, if film buffs decide it’s a worthy destination and if the social networking aspects / links are up to scratch.
Take a look — MovieClips.com — and see if it works for you.
Sorry you are having problems accessing the application. If you are trying to get to the site originating from an IP address not recognized in MaxMind’s database as being from US or Canada you will see that less than descriptive page. Due to licensing restrictions, we are currently not allowed to stream content outside of those territories. We’re working on getting a page up that’s more descriptive letting users outside of the aforementioned territories what is going on and why they’re being rejected.
Thanks,
Philip Southam
Engineer
movieclips.com
Ahh that makes sense. I did wonder if it was that kind of issue. Yeah, hopefully something better than 409 (yours is the first site I’ve ever seen that error code come up on from a browser) will help people :)