&quot;I am convinced that the Popcorn Time-killer is going to be a Netflix without borders. They should remove national restrictions for films,...&quot;<p>Does someone have some insight into why Netflix has time and geographic restrictions on content? I can understand, in some cases, publishers not wanting to let their movies or TV out to foreign countries. (Maybe waiting for a marketing push, or a broadcast deal to be reached in a new market&#x2F;locale) But I can&#x27;t really wrap my head around movies and shows being phased in and out. (Example: Recently saw that some of the Transformers movies will disappear in a week or two).<p>From a technical standpoint, I can&#x27;t see the issue being that they can only have a certain number of films view-able. 
from an economic standpoint, I would think that whenever someone watches a show, a portion of their monthly Netflix fee goes to the creators of that show, so there&#x27;s always an incentive for the creators to let Netflix show their content.