Copyright legislation is country by country basis and needs to be &quot;navigated&quot; as such given the differences in legislation.<p>Although there are global companies that have the resources to do it worldwide it still makes more sense to license IP to national distributors [1] and give them exclusivity in their local markets. This closes the doors to global digital players like Steam or Spotify, for instance.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_film_distributors_by_country" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_film_distributors_by_c...</a>