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Originally Posted by HarryT
I completely agree with your sentiments in principle, but the practice is something else entirely.
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You are quite right, Harry. Under the "old" system, such worldwide rights would be prohibitively expensive, and rights-holders are of course going to cling to this as long as they can. I believe they will be forced to adjust as the purchasers of regional rights receive less and less value for their money. For example, Foxtel here recently purchased exclusive rights to broadcast "Game of Thrones". At the moment, this is probably still worthwhile. However, the more Australians choose to circumvent geo-blocking, the less valuable such rights become. I think the Reports referred to contemplate this effect to at least some extent in, for instance, encouraging consumer education on geo-blocking.