Globalization works well for the media (books, music, movie) industry. They can stratify and adjust rates to the destination country. Doing so, they can maximise profits for each area.

Doing so also requires that users do not share amongst other areas, so 'zone controls' along with ill-suited laws are passed.

Who globalisation does not work well for when concerning media is the rest of us. With exception of piracy, we are prevented from easily using globalisation in our advantage.

Piracy is the great equaliser. It alone has scared media companies from releasing on a 2-3 year theater-to-public to as little as 1 month turnaround. And it is the ideal method to use to play your media format on any system (unlike restricted legit formats).