bad about playing the role of Robin Hood. Bottom line of it all is, If someone is unwilling to sell me a product because I don't live in the appropriate country (and it will never ever be localized for the foreseeable future) or they don't want to put it in the format I need/want it in, then you're not going to get my money one way or the other I guess, so I might as well get my item via the channels of piracy over the open seas of the Internet. Because to the creators, they weren't going to see my money one way or another, regardless of my intent to give it to them. "If someone is unwilling to sell me a product because I don't live in the appropriate country..." They may be perfectly willing to sell it to you but not have the legal right to do so. One reason for territories is that works can be resold. If I am an author and I sell a book in the UK, I can turn around and resell it in the US, in Germany, France, each time for more money. Given how small the average book advance is, these additional revenue streams are VERY important to an author's income. I often bring out the US edition of books published first in the UK, but too many import editions compromising my sales potential and I can't do that. But at least with an import someone is paying something to