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Originally posted by crischil Can anyone explain the reasoning for territory restrictions anyway?

Different labels have their own jurisdictions over where they want their tracks to be available. The same track might be released on different labels. For example, Meck's "Feels Like Home" is released on 3 different labels. Each of those labels has its own "territory" and different release dates. Maybe one label has jurisdiction in the US, another in Europe, etc.

Thing is, certain remixes get picked up by one label, and due to licensing issues, that same remix might not be available on another label's release.

Another scenario is if a track is initially released on one label, and picked up and remixed by other artists (to be released on a second label). Since the original parts to the track were on the first label, the two labels might have an agreement so they both profit on the release in different territories.

Hence this thread...

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