Those stupid geographical restrictions on the web are more and more frustrating, and are really beginning to get on my nerves...
A simple recent example: while browsing Youtube, I've seen that The Simpsons have now a new opening. I don't know since when cause I don't watch the show since the 11st season, but well, I was curious about this.
Official video uploaded by Fox, I click on it, and all I have is sound with a black screen... not even an explanation about any restriction. The other unnofficial videos are very poor quality or marked by Fox and then restricted to non-US residents...
The Fox-on-demand website: the same thing, restricted...
I remember having seen the same thing on the official "The Clone Wars" webiste by Cartoon Network. You could not even see trailers.
While I can understand those restrictions for full episodes, I don't for previews, trailers, or in this case an opening sequence.
I just can't bare those methods, especially on a medium that was supposed to be an "open world".
And it's also anti-commercial. I mean, what crazy world would restrict advertising (previews and trailers are nothing more than that) for their own products???
And after that, big companies like Fox are complaining about piracy about their shows... Get what you deserve guys!...

And its not even like there's a loss of revenue from allowing those things to be seen. Complete madness but there has to be a logical legal reason for it

These are two words that do not belong next to eachother. Or in the same sentence. Or paragraph.

The only "logical" reason I see, is that it's just a way for big companies to have control on their stuff, even if in this case this "control" is useless. Big companies are like babies with their toys: "It's mine! MINE!!!!!"...
+1

For the most part, law is inherently logical. Sadly the same cannot be said for the people involved in working with it

I know that in Canada, the reason that services like Hulu aren't available has nothing to do with restrictions on the part of the networks. We have Canadian Content laws that Hulu obviously isn't going to meet, so it isn't available.

Youtube doesn't play nice with the "Don't be evil" motto.

The Youtube option that let an uploader deactivate the integration of a video is also so stupid. And every big companies use it.
What is the point to place a video on Youtube and not let users integrate it in other places?? I mean, it's not like we were stealing their videos, it's just a direct link to it on Youtube, not a download, WTF?!?
When I want to share a video on Facebook, I'm forced to choose an unnofficial version of it, or download it and re-upload it on FB, violating Youtube and Facebooks rules... Again, so useless and soooooooooooo stupid!

The geographical restrictions also bother me in games : like I have to give up playing LOTRO because now that I'm in Japan, it's normally impossible to continue playing with my french friends on french servers.
I know, there are ways to deal with that, and I did for a while, but it's too bothersome...

There is no greater tool to promote piracy than regional restrictions.

Yo Wishbone I'm gonna let ya finish but DRM is the greatest tool to promote piracy of all time! OF ALL TIME!

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Yes, yes, Kanye West is a dickwad. That aside, I beg to differ. Not being allowed to buy a game or a movie at all, or simply long after everyone else, is a much greater incentive to pirate it than simply having DRM in it is.

Yeah I'd call DRM the greatest catalyst to the violation of the EULA, for piracy it's either high prices for less content (6 hour games for $110? Yeah fuck that, I buy on ebay where I can pay closer to what its worth) or the inability to legally purchase things.

As i was saing some time ago
http://www.gog.com/en/forum/general/is_web_still_world_wide/_/1