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Comment Rest of the world (Score 1) 244

I live in a "non DMCA" country, meaning, that I have to jump hoops to even purchase anything legally, let alone streaming. Even if we ignore income/price ratio differences between US and, say, Belarus or some other not-so-well-off country, people have to HUNT for an opportunity to buy digital content legally. Amazon, albeit most popular, is geo-blocking. Apple thingy does not allow downloads + also geoblocks. Google music is much more open, but limited in content. BandCamp is mostly empty/indie. When will publishers realize, that they are shooting themselves in the leg with such an approach? With geo-blocking they don't prevent piracy, they proactively foster it, because even that single-digit percentile of well-off population is just unable to give their money away. I would recommend them to open up and enjoy the money stream.

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