I think what people in some of these countries don't realize is that there is not a big enough financial incentive to do the legal work required to bring certain artists to those regions.
What exactly is this "legal work"? The Berne convention makes copyright worldwide, and your typical software company doesn't need to check to see if their customer is in the US before selling them their product. Your typical independent band doesn't perform a region-check on customers buying their MP3s. What's different here?
From what I can tell, most of the "legal work" is complexity created by the labels themselves.
What exactly is this "legal work"? The Berne convention makes copyright worldwide, and your typical software company doesn't need to check to see if their customer is in the US before selling them their product. Your typical independent band doesn't perform a region-check on customers buying their MP3s. What's different here?
From what I can tell, most of the "legal work" is complexity created by the labels themselves.