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Geo-blocking is, imho, an abomination. Whilst technology has created one world market, geo-blocking seeks, in a sense, to turn back the clock. The main beneficiaries are, of course, rights-holders who can leverage the maximum profits from their rights, and businesses who buy the rights to rape and pillage in their particular area without competition. The ones who suffer are of course consumers and of course businesses who would like to compete, and authors and other creators.
I have no problems with companies making profits. However, when technology makes business models obsolete, I don't believe we have any obligation to preserve those business models, particulary with ever more draconian legislation procured by armies of lobbyists. Big publishing, in particular, has extracted more than it's pound of flesh from Australians in the pre-Amazon pre-ebook days. Believe it or not, agency pricing seems to continue to flourish in Australia!
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