[9now] Can't get around georestrictions with proxy or without...

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I can't figure out why I can't break 9now georestrictions - I've tried standalone, with VPN, and on a VPS in Melbourne, and I can't youtube-dl from 9now. Is there something I am doing wrong? Is there a defect?

$ youtube-dl --verbose https://www.9now.com.au/footy-classified/2018/episode-1/
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: [u'--verbose', u'https://www.9now.com.au/footy-classified/2018/episode-1/']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2018.03.14
[debug] Python version 2.7.12 (CPython) - Linux-3.13.0-24-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-16.04-xenial
[debug] exe versions: none
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[9now.com.au] episode-1: Downloading webpage
[brightcove:new] 5754110525001: Downloading webpage
[brightcove:new] 5754110525001: Downloading JSON metadata
ERROR: Access to this resource is forbidden by access policy.
You might want to use a VPN or a proxy server (with --proxy) to workaround.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py", line 706, in _real_extract
json_data = self._download_json(api_url, video_id, headers=headers)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 680, in _download_json
encoding=encoding, data=data, headers=headers, query=query)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 634, in _download_webpage
res = self._download_webpage_handle(url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal, encoding=encoding, data=data, headers=headers, query=query)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/adobepass.py", line 1332, in _download_webpage_handle
*args, **compat_kwargs(kwargs))
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 539, in _download_webpage_handle
urlh = self._request_webpage(url_or_request, video_id, note, errnote, fatal, data=data, headers=headers, query=query)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 528, in _request_webpage
raise ExtractorError(errmsg, sys.exc_info()[2], cause=err)
ExtractorError: Unable to download JSON metadata: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 785, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 440, in extract
ie_result = self._real_extract(url)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/brightcove.py", line 712, in _real_extract
self.raise_geo_restricted(msg=message)
File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 731, in raise_geo_restricted
raise GeoRestrictedError(msg, countries=countries)
GeoRestrictedError: Access to this resource is forbidden by access policy.

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[dstftw]

You must have system wide VPN or non transparent non banned proxy.

[FONMaster]

I hate to call this out, but the VPS I'm using is in Australia... not using a proxy. The verbose from above is off the AU VPS.