&gt; There&#x27;s no real reason to have regional restrictions online...<p>While I broadly agree with you I don&#x27;t buy this one point.<p>By restricting availability by region, publishers can (a) spread out their promotion costs &amp; reduce risk exposure, and (b) charge more.<p>Wearing my techno-utopian hat, the first reason is bullshit that nees solving and the second reason is greed. Wearing my realist hat, both reasons are the way the world works and neither seems like it&#x27;s going to change in short order as publishers hold a monopoly over content.<p>Does anyone know if Netflix delay release of their own content by region?