Carving up the world
"Furthermore, please _PLEASE_ sort out the cross-country licencing balls."
Why is it like that? The record labels (and movie studios) like it like that. You talk to them and they say it's because of the licence... like it's some natural law or something, well just who wrote the licence?
I live in Canada. There are no MP3s on Amazon.ca. iTunes.ca is quite limited compared to some other countries. But I can (and have) order CDs and DVDs from amazon.com, co.uk, co.jp with no problem.
What about people who live in smaller countries? Is there an iTunes or amazon mp3 store for island? How about immigrants? My co-workers looking for some music from back home don't have much luck on iTunes.ca and can't use the iTunes store from their home country... so they torrent.
So if the stupid control freak studios want people to pay for music, they should stop putting up walls and let the people who are willing to pay for music pay.