> If you allow parallel importation then you are in most cases obviating the need for a local subsidiary. Service? Sales? Support? Not a problem. Just contract it out.
That is not the observed and observable outcome of parallel importation in other goods.
> And the Australian government is not going to take legal action in the US to create border import tariffs.
Your terminology is incorrect. It's not a tariff. Making geo-segmentation harder or illegal is not a tax on imported goods.
> I continue to be astounded by all the self-righteous outraged people here demanding cheaper Photoshop and cheaper Steam games like it was some basic human right.
I'm likewise astounded that people think Australia's quite utilitarian, transactional political culture is going cleave to any particular ideological position.
That is not the observed and observable outcome of parallel importation in other goods.
> And the Australian government is not going to take legal action in the US to create border import tariffs.
Your terminology is incorrect. It's not a tariff. Making geo-segmentation harder or illegal is not a tax on imported goods.
> I continue to be astounded by all the self-righteous outraged people here demanding cheaper Photoshop and cheaper Steam games like it was some basic human right.
I'm likewise astounded that people think Australia's quite utilitarian, transactional political culture is going cleave to any particular ideological position.