Agree. One of the problems (as we know with media companies) is part of the way they make money is by having different agreements for different regions of the world. But, what they have failed to realize is that with the internet many of those international barriers have broken down. No one cares about their regional agreements, we want the media when it is available because our friends have it. With things like TV shows this is even more relevant, since once it is out in one region information on that episode can't be considered spoilers.
Artists and their communication arms need to realize this. Unfortunately for many artists, distribution numbers in the U.S. are most relevant and who cares about the rest of the world.
Just so you know - I run into the same problem with the company where I work. The rest of the world is not a big deal to them and they make few attempts to accommodate.
The unfortunate thing I'm finding is that even independent artists are following this trend. I'm not sure they're doing it for the same reasons as the big labels. And it seems to be confined to the bands that get distribution deals with small labels. I'm thinking these labels are owned by folk that used to work at bigger labels and are just following the bad practices they were taught. It's so weird.
The tv thing bugs me, especially now with Twitter. There's no way to stay spoiler free except stay off-line. At least when I was using LJ a lot more most people were fairly conscientious and used spoiler warnings.
Totally agree. More and more the movie, music and television industries need to realise that if they don't accommodate the whole world and release / air stuff at around the same time, then they are fighting a war they'll keep losing against piracy and illegal downloading. Especially with movies and television. Who wants to wait until months (and more) after the US to view something that folks in the US have spoilered to death on discussion forums..?
Although it is the same with books and various other media. The number of times I've read, get it free on Kindle, only to find I can't get it free on my Kindle is just not right.
Amazon shits me like that. They were offering some free classics one day and I clicked the link and the page SAID it was free so I bought it. Next thing I know my credit card is being charged.
Oh, and at one point they were listing the episode downloads on the same page as the DVD purchase and every time you went to buy a DVD this box would pop up saying episodes weren't able to be bought unless you live in the US and then the page would refresh and the whole thing would loop over and over. I complained to Amazon and the doofus support person said "it doesn't happen when I go to the page". *head/desk*
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Artists and their communication arms need to realize this. Unfortunately for many artists, distribution numbers in the U.S. are most relevant and who cares about the rest of the world.
Just so you know - I run into the same problem with the company where I work. The rest of the world is not a big deal to them and they make few attempts to accommodate.
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The tv thing bugs me, especially now with Twitter. There's no way to stay spoiler free except stay off-line. At least when I was using LJ a lot more most people were fairly conscientious and used spoiler warnings.
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Although it is the same with books and various other media. The number of times I've read, get it free on Kindle, only to find I can't get it free on my Kindle is just not right.
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Oh, and at one point they were listing the episode downloads on the same page as the DVD purchase and every time you went to buy a DVD this box would pop up saying episodes weren't able to be bought unless you live in the US and then the page would refresh and the whole thing would loop over and over. I complained to Amazon and the doofus support person said "it doesn't happen when I go to the page". *head/desk*
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