Originally Posted by ags_rule:
“Total strawman argument, you are comparing entirely different services such as Sky, Lovefilm and Netflix having access to different content - which is perfectly normal - with the same service having reduced content depending on your geographical location.
It's the same thing with movies releasing at different times in the world, totally pointless and an absolute wet dream for piracy. Netflix content should not be restricted depending on where you access it.”
No, -GONZO- was very much correct.
What you also have to keep in mind is that all these territory rights were created a long time ago, in the early days of film and television. Back in those days, countries were far less connected than they are today. Borders were serious barriers and companies sold their television shows and films to each individual countries.
Television was also broadcasted via terrestrial services which only had small border seepage.
The world is different today, but the entire industry is still very much designed to work like it did in the past.
Of course, if a content supplier can sell the same TV show to each country separately, and make a lot more money, they will continue to do so.
And really, the 3quid a month DNS services like Overplay or Unblock-US provide is really amazingly good value. It not only opens up most countries TV services, you can also switch libraries in Netflix as already stated. It also works really well and has customer support, and finally, you can set it up in devices like Smart TV's, or on Routers so all your internet devices can access global content.
Nothing in this world is free. If you don't pay cash for a product, trust me, you are paying in some other way, either in advertising, security, quality of service or something else.
If a product is free, then you, the consumer are the product (the company will still make money from you some how)