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Re:Netflix to expand to Germany, France and Switzerland by DenverR on Wednesday May 21, 2014 @02:54PM (#7780040)
While it may be that easy for Netflix on a technical side all of the content must be relicensed for each new region. Often times the content distribution rights for the same TV show may be owned by different companies depending on the country or region thus Netflix must renegotiate a mess of contracts every time it wants to become available in a new place.

This is why content available on Netflix in the United States may be different than content available in Norway.

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Re:Netflix to expand to Germany, France and Switzerland by jordigh on Wednesday May 21, 2014 @02:56PM (#7780050)
> This is why content available on Netflix in the United States may be different than content available in Norway.

This hardly feels like an "expansion", then.

I guess the people who care can still use VPNs, like they do right now.

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