In Cuba there is barely any Internet. Anything but the state-run TV channels is prohibited. Publications are limited to the state-approved newspapers and magazines. This is the law. But, in typical Cuban fashion, the law doesn’t stop a vast underground system of entertainment and news media distributors and consumers.
This Is Cuba’s Netflix, Hulu and Spotify -- All Without the Internet
How media smugglers get Taylor Swift, “Game of Thrones” and the New York Times to Cubans every week.
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“El Paquete Semanal” (The Weekly Package) is a weekly trove of digital content — everything from American movies to PDFs of Spanish newspapers — that is gathered, organized and transferred by a human web of runners and dealers to the entire country. It is a prodigious and profitable operation.
This article originally appeared on Recode.net.
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