Crap analogy, but lets run with it... its the equivalent of Porche physically preventing me buying a Boxter from (say) Hong Kong where they are (say) half the price, even though they can apparently sell at a profit in Hong Kong and their dealer in Hong Kong is very happy to sell me one.
Also, lets be quite clear, I am *not* stealing their product by downloading it, because I was going to *buy it* from Hong Kong, and Hell Will Freeze Over before I buy it in the UK, so they have lost nothing at all, they dont get a sale in the UK to me in either case.
I really dont care. I want to take advantage of global pricing, just as these companies do themselves when it comes to sourcing supplies and jobs. All I ask is the same global supply opportunities the companies have. Thats all I expect, a fair playing field.
Companies clamour for global trade. And then when they get it, try and stop it for their consumers!! They don't have any qualms about shutting down jobs in this country in order to ship them somewhere cheaper, yet when I try and buy from one of those cheaper places, they want to stop me. Its nothing short of outrageous.
Surely the approach of most right-thinking people would be that if the company can manufacture its products wherever it wants, I can buy them wherever I want?