> My question is, "where does the requirement that content be licensed in only one country" contractually originate? Typically between the original rightsholde

> My question is, "where does the requirement that content be licensed in only one country" contractually originate? Typically between the original rightsholder and distributors. Let's say you're an american film maker and you make a film. You'll need a distribution company, and that company will want exclusive rights to distribute. But, the best US distributors might not do a good job overseas, so maybe you can give them US/CA rights and find a different distributor in Europe. Now, in Europe, you probably need a different distributor for UK/IE vs contintental Europe where they'll need to handle subtitling and whatnots. This is needed to get films into cinemas. But the distributors are also involved with films on disc and films on streaming services. And the territorialism follows there too.