Close to the actual situation of Cuba which uses unrestricted video and unlimited music listen service without internet connection

Although information control has been carried out over the years in Cuba, in July 2015, it restored diplomatic relations with the United States, the Castro administration also made contact with Google and Twitter, and gradually aggressive attitude toward the Internet I am showing you. However, the use of the Internet is still permitted, the domestic Internet penetration rate is about 5%. The communication speed is incredibly slow, and the usage fee per hour of the Internet center provided by the government is comparable to that of a general Cuban salary. In Cuba like that people created for browsing various contents is "Human power internetIt can also be called a way.

This is Cuba's Netflix, Hulu, and Spotify - all without the internet - Vox
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You can easily understand how the human power Internet works and how it is distributed by looking at the following movies.

This is Cuba's Netflix, Hulu, and Spotify - all without the internet - YouTube


When saying "I want to watch a movie on the Internet", we can easily watch the movie by typing the name of the video distribution service on the search engine.


It is very easy to achieve the purpose without having great difficulty between finding a movie and watching it.


However, in the world, the Internet is not spreading, and there are places where it is difficult to watch content via the Internet.


For example, Cuban televisions only have state-owned broadcasting, so they can not watch foreign movies through TV.


Junior of the artist who tells about the current mechanism of media in Cuba "I do not know the reason.


So people in Cuba have devised ways to obtain content such as movies in their own way.


The system which can be called "human power internet" made by data merchants based in Havana and the US in the capital city of Cuba.


According to Jr., he is responsible for collecting data such as TV programs, movies, videos, music, etc., and each content is gathered until the amount of information becomes 1 Terabyte.


Content is consolidated into one hard drive, and when it reaches 1 terabyte, Havana based dealer prepares for distribution. The collected media isEl Paquete SemanalThat is, it is called "The Weekly Package (this week's package)".


The collected data is transferred to the USB etc, and as data passes from the hand of the person, the data goes around in Cuba. The price for obtaining USB is about 2 dollars (about 240 yen).


Who is involved is unknown, but Junior is guessing that distribution of data is a form of business and that a huge amount of money is moving.


The system extends from the capital Havana to the whole of Cuba and you can see the huge market.


What is displayed on the display are the movies that were in the actually distributed USB.


The movie is 1920 x 1080 full HD.


The contents are various, and if it is a movie released in theaters in the US on Friday, it is said that it is included in the USB distributed on Monday the following week.


In addition, articles published on the internet ......


Android applications and so on are included in the data, and El Paquete Semanal is "home-made internet" right.


So, who and how do you distribute these movies and music? So we will focus on distributing content this time.


The young people in the image below are distributing USB containing data. Young people seem to play a role of distributing USB that contains data sometimes, such as working as a taxi driver without a license and tour guide for foreign tourists.


Walking around the city ......


I will follow the young people.


Building like mansion.


It is urged by young people to enter the building more and more. It seems that the base that distributes USB is usually near the repair center of mobile phones and DVD shop.


Inside the building is like this.


A room in the building functions as a data distribution center.


There are various files on the screen. According to a young man working at the center, there seems to be a particularly high demand for American TV programs.


Every week in the center, people with empty USB appear, so from the iPhone application to the Indian documentary movie, we transfer the whole data stored in the PC to the USB and hand it over to the owner. It is a mechanism that spreads from people to people's hands and spreads more and more.


However, people in the distribution center do not collect data directly. Johnny Harris, who had been interviewing to touch the core of El Paquete Semanal, finally succeeded in contacting the central figure of the system.


Go through the passage of the colorful apartment ... ....


It is passed through the reception room on the wall painted in pink and orange.


What appeared was a 26-year-old young man named "Danny" who is invisible to the characters of the underlying society who beat illegal content.


It seems that she changed her clothes by being reflected on the camera.


This is my workplace.


There are two huge computers ... ...


Devices are placed everywhere on the desk.


At the end of the big screen, the image of the American Spanish television station "Telemundo" was flowing, along with the word "Grabando (recording in progress)".


Why is it possible to collect large-scale data? About Mr. Harris, "I guess that the satellite antenna must be hidden in a water reservoir placed on the roof."


"I can get the program that will be broadcasted this evening in the morning," said Danny.


I will explain the mechanism that "each department is in charge of responsible persons, we will summarize the contents they will send and distribute the data to Cuba's country".


Of course, not only Danny is collecting / distributing data but also Havana has competitors, "If we do not have any competing partners, we will not progress. I need a good job every week because there are competitors. "


It is not clear how much penetration rate El Paquete Semanal is, but among the hundreds who Mr. Harris actually said in the field, there were only two people saying "I have not heard of El Paquete Semanal" Thing.


What I found in Cuba is that when people ask for information, they find some means. Although Cuba has been undergoing information control for many years, the Internet seems to slowly penetrate in its own way.