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Originally Posted by dickon25
Yes, but a global market means a global price - at least for an electronic product. International companies adjust their prices for physical goods according to the ability of the target market to pay. Overseas customers are somewhat restricted from buying by shipping costs, import duties etc etc. So the market largely works. Not the same thing for digital product though. It may not be such an issue in considering the supply of washing machines or VCRs but do we really want to restrict the 3rd world's access to books by setting the price at the cost of a week's wages?
I can't believe I'm almost argueing IN FAVOUR of geographic restrictions??????? Someone help me out here!!  |
I'm going to be politically incorrect here. A world marketplace implies a world price. Some will be able to afford it and some won't. I don't believe in subsidies of any sort. If you think this hurt's the 3rd world disproportionately, look at what's happened to the skilled corporate labor markets in the last 10 years in the US. (Skilled being thing like accounting, engineering, computer programming, ect. Labor that requires long training and skilled practioners.) The jobs leave the US and go to the 3rd world. They get richer and the US workers get poorer....