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Old 07-15-2014, 05:45 AM   #170
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Originally Posted by pwalker8 View Post
Some pretty good points, Yapyap.

To a great extent, much of the business models and IP laws were designed for a less connected world. Physical media is more easily controlled than digital media. Trying to Geo-restrict digital media is akin to ordering the waves to stop. It may be the law, or it may be in the T&C, but it's basically futile and IMPO causes those legalities to be held in contempt.
Agreed. I understand that creators wish to retain the right to sell their creations in different ways in different markets, but the way things are working now, it's sort of ... not really working in an optimal way for either creators or the consumers, I'd say.

Obviously there will always be people who will pirate just because - whether it's to "stick it to the man", or because they want everything free and it's there to be had, for "sport" not because of real interest, etc, but equally obviously there is a significant amount of people who just want that content (and want it "now" to avoid that really not pleasant feeling of being left out, especially from something everyone around them is enjoying and discussing now, not six months later) and would gladly, happily pay for it if there was a legal way for them to access/acquire that content directly.

I also understand that for larger markets in particular, content creators and distributors - and local companies/publishers - would prefer to have a different approach and not let people access the original UK/US content immediately, but on the other hand, for small markets, there's a 99% chance that the thing in question will never be bought by a local distributor anyway.

I hope that these issues will find some kind of resolution in the near future
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