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It depends on your purpose. If you’re an American who wants to make movies for Americans, that are derivative of one of these works, this matters a lot.

• MichaelZuo 2y ago
  And if you’re a filmmaker who intends to establish their business in Ethiopia…?
  • Calavar 2y ago
    Then you can establish your business in Ethiopia, but good luck selling it in the US!
    • MichaelZuo 2y ago
      That’s not an issue for the filmmaker who sticks to online distribution, there are branches of well known payment processors in Addis Ababa. They won’t be making blockbuster movies anytime soon, but I imagine their business would be greater than zero?
      • Mindwipe 2y ago
        > That’s not an issue for the filmmaker who sticks to online distribution, there are branches of well known payment processors in Addis Ababa. Yes it is once they distribute to people online outside of Ethiopia. And the payment providers will enforce that.
        • MichaelZuo 2y ago
          No? Where did you come across this notion? Plenty of people in e.g. India, Brazil, etc., buy literally counterfeit goods, dvds, blurays, and so on, all the time, let alone transformed works. Often even with the exact packaging design of well known companies preserved on the counterfeit packaging. And the purchases are often made via well known global payment processors. Edit: At most a large fraction of potential US customers would be discouraged by the need to use a VPN for online streaming or by the risk of a physical disc getting seized. But that’s still far from zero potential customers.