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Old 02-12-2018, 03:22 PM   #76
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Originally Posted by latepaul View Post
That's all true but I was talking about the inverse - in light of Timboli's point -
how would you create rules that oppose geo restrictions? I can't see how you could do that without international agreement.

I suppose some country could go it alone and declare that once a work is released somewhere in the world it must be made available there within a reasonable time. But that's a pretty aggressive stance. It wouldn't surprise me if it's effectively outlawed by current agreements.

Either way, whether it's go-it-alone or new internationally agreed rules, I think it would take a lot of political will to implement this. And the cases where works are unavailable probably aren't common enough to create the support the politicians would need, when there's a lot of vested interest in the current system.
Ah, I understand now. Yes, that would be very unlikely.
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