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Notably, copyrights owners still didn't solve the "not available in your country" issue. A lot of people WANT to pay, but can't, since there is no legal option

Notably, copyrights owners still didn't solve the "not available in your country" issue. A lot of people WANT to pay, but can't, since there is no legal option to pay for the content in their country

2muchcoffeeman 11y ago
It's worse than that. Look at Netflix, even if you pay, you can't be sure what content you get. Or you can watch a couple seasons only, or until some agreement expires. The media execs are crazy.
- morgante 11y ago
  I find it especially annoying how Netflix changes in each country. So I can start watching a show but can't continue it once I get to another country. We need to abolish the insane notion of national boundaries for informational goods.
- awqrre 11y ago
  Or maybe they see the benefits of piracy...
OSButler 11y ago
Not only that but some online services add DRM to their media downloads, which can range from minor annoyance to being unable to play the legally obtained file. I've had the issue with a special edition movies set on iTunes, which prevented the playback on an external monitor (vga connector). There was no info about this limitation on their store page and only after contacting support did they mention that the problem was the DRM imposed by the publisher. Another sector where I've noticed this quite a lot is in international media releases (music & videos). I've experienced your mentioned "not available in your country" many times with Japanese music videos. It makes (kind of) sense if we're talking excerpts from a TV show, which is usually licensed out to the individual countries, so you'll most likely not be able to watch clips on their official site unless you're accessing it from within the origin country. However, I don't understand how this applies to music videos. One would assume that those are being used to generate hype & revenue for music/ticket sales, so why do they get access restricted?

Notably, copyrights owners still didn't solve the "not available in your country" issue. A lot of people WANT to pay, but can't, since there is no legal option to pay for the content in their country

2muchcoffeeman 11y ago

It's worse than that. Look at Netflix, even if you pay, you can't be sure what content you get. Or you can watch a couple seasons only, or until some agreement expires. The media execs are crazy.

morgante 11y ago
I find it especially annoying how Netflix changes in each country. So I can start watching a show but can't continue it once I get to another country. We need to abolish the insane notion of national boundaries for informational goods.
awqrre 11y ago
Or maybe they see the benefits of piracy...

OSButler 11y ago

Not only that but some online services add DRM to their media downloads, which can range from minor annoyance to being unable to play the legally obtained file. I've had the issue with a special edition movies set on iTunes, which prevented the playback on an external monitor (vga connector). There was no info about this limitation on their store page and only after contacting support did they mention that the problem was the DRM imposed by the publisher. Another sector where I've noticed this quite a lot is in international media releases (music & videos). I've experienced your mentioned "not available in your country" many times with Japanese music videos. It makes (kind of) sense if we're talking excerpts from a TV show, which is usually licensed out to the individual countries, so you'll most likely not be able to watch clips on their official site unless you're accessing it from within the origin country. However, I don't understand how this applies to music videos. One would assume that those are being used to generate hype & revenue for music/ticket sales, so why do they get access restricted?