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This nationalization of the internet is ridiculous. Especially in the media business where you don't even have to torrent anymore. One-Click-Hosters or streams are all over the place. Popular shows can be found by googling.

I just can't understand how we can still move backwards facing all this. I have the feeling that the content providers just hope for the inability of their customers to google.

But hey, I taught a guy who last year didn't even use YouTube to find his favorite US shows from Germany and how to download them in 1080p without any risk. So please...wake up.

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This has to do with licensing and rights more than anything else.. not just "the internet"

Just because you have rights to something in one country, does not mean you have rights to that same thing in another country and so on.

Content providers are up against an amazing amount of bureaucracy, and only have limited resources to deal with these things.. especially considering we're talking about different laws and systems for virtually every country on the planet.

I'm certain Netflix would like to offer you as much content as they can, but they also have to respect existing law.

However what is determined to be "in one country" is a matter of negotiation. Amazon considers the "account country" the country. Netflix the "IP country" the country.

Maybe that is the case for Amazon's video offerings but despite registering an account on amazon.de, I am not able to buy German Kindle e-books in the USA. You would think it wouldn't matter.. I can get most of the same books in English here.

Going to amazon.com or amazon.de?

And if copyright/cultural owners don't pay attention and start selling "global rights", piracy will continue to be their worry.

^ This. We can solve this problem by continuing to ensure the "fixes" don't work. Because above all Netflix proved that the convenience is worth the price of admission...but that region locks in a world with global bandwidth, paying customers and very limited distribution costs are pants-on-head stupid.

I think the problem is TV. Local networks still have power thanks to controlling TV/cable channels, and they demand exclusive rights over their region. That's why even Netflix doesn't have their own original series on many countries - they sold the rights to local cable networks.

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