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* Malaysia has an equivalent of the US' "Price slightly higher west of the Rockies" disclaimer: Price slightly higher at the east coast of Peninsula Malaysia and the Borneo states of Malaysia, and ''[[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Genting Highlands]]''. The hike in the east coast and Borneo states are justified in that a lot of the goods are manufactured on the west coast of the Peninsula where a majority of the factories and thus economy is focused, and transportation to the east coast (especially to the Borneo States) are not cheap (especially since flight or sea freight is involved when it comes to getting products to the Borneo States). However, the price hike in Genting Highlands is because the area's a tourist trap and nothing else.
** A variation of the above (usually found on discount coupons) is "offer not valid at international airports, Genting Highlands, Labuan Island, Pangkor Island and Langkawi Island", again mostly because of the former two being tourist traps, but Labuan, Langkawi and Pangkor are special exemptions because the entirety of the islands are declared as duty-free trade zones. Meaning that the price of goods in those islands are completely tax-exempt, and the companies don't want the complexities of dealing with the customs when it comes to the offers.
** A variation of the above (usually found on discount coupons) is "offer not valid at international airports, Genting Highlands, Labuan Island, Pangkor Island and Langkawi Island", again mostly because of the former two being tourist traps, but Labuan, Langkawi and Pangkor are special exemptions because the entirety of the islands are declared as duty-free trade zones. Meaning that the price of goods in those islands are completely tax-exempt, and the companies don't want the complexities of dealing with the customs when it comes to the offers.
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* Malaysia has an equivalent of the US' "Price slightly higher west of the Rockies" disclaimer: Price slightly higher at the east coast of Peninsula Malaysia and the Borneo states of Malaysia, and ''[[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Genting Highlands]]''. The hike in the east coast and Borneo states are justified in that a lot of the goods are manufactured on the west coast of the Peninsula where a majority of the factories and thus economy is focused, and transportation to the east coast (especially to the Borneo States) are not cheap (especially since flight or sea freight is involved when it comes to getting products to the Borneo States). However, the price hike in Genting Highlands is because the area's a tourist trap and nothing else. \n** A variation of the above (usually found on discount coupons) is "offer not valid at international airports, Genting Highlands, Labuan Island, Pangkor Island and Langkawi Island", again mostly because of the former two being tourist traps, but Labuan, Langkawi and Pangkor are special exemptions because the entirety of the islands are declared as duty-free trade zones. Meaning that the price of goods in those islands are completely tax-exempt, and the companies don't want the complexities of dealing with the customs when it comes to the offers.
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* In Australia, it's South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory, because only the east coast matters after all...
** SA has a very strict Trade Practices Act; NT may have inherited some of them, since it used to be ruled from SA.
** SA has a very strict Trade Practices Act; NT may have inherited some of them, since it used to be ruled from SA.
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**all. SA has a very strict Trade Practices Act; NT may have inherited some of them, since it used to be ruled from SA.
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* Many, many offers are unavailable in the Crimean Peninsula due to Ukrainian conflict and the resulting Russian takeover. Ukraine still considers Crimea part of their country, but with no control there whatsoever, all Ukrainian companies' offers are usually void in Crimea in fine print (and for that matter, in the uncontrolled parts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions as well).
** Russian companies, while having full rights to run business in Crimea according to Russian legislation, often opted not to do so because of possibility to become subject of American and European sanctions. But somewhat averted with [[Main/CaptainErsatz proxy companies]] - no national Russian mobile operator works in Crimea officially, but ''very'' similar branded ones do, complete with similar pricing.
** Russian companies, while having full rights to run business in Crimea according to Russian legislation, often opted not to do so because of possibility to become subject of American and European sanctions. But somewhat averted with [[Main/CaptainErsatz proxy companies]] - no national Russian mobile operator works in Crimea officially, but ''very'' similar branded ones do, complete with similar pricing.
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**well). Russian companies, while having full rights to run business in Crimea according to Russian legislation, often opted not to do so because of possibility to become subject of American and European sanctions. But somewhat averted with [[Main/CaptainErsatz proxy companies]] - no national Russian mobile operator works in Crimea officially, but ''very'' similar branded ones do, complete with similar pricing.
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* Malaysia has an equivalent of the US' "Price slightly higher west of the Rockies" disclaimer: Price slightly higher at the east coast of Peninsula Malaysia and the Borneo states of Malaysia, and ''[[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Genting Highlands]]''. The hike in the east coast and Borneo states are justified in that a lot of the goods are manufactured on the west coast of the Peninsula where a majority of the factories and thus economy is focused, and transportation to the east coast (especially to the Borneo States) are not cheap. However, the price hike in Genting Highlands is because the area's a tourist trap and nothing else.
** A variation of the above is "offer not valid at international airports, Genting Highlands, Labuan Island, Pangkor Island and Langkawi Island", again mostly because of the former two being tourist traps, but Labuan, Langkawi and Pangkor are special exemptions because the entirety of the islands are declared as duty-free trade zones. Meaning that the price of goods in those islands are completely tax-exempt, and the companies don't want the complexities of dealing with the customs when it comes to the offers.
** A variation of the above is "offer not valid at international airports, Genting Highlands, Labuan Island, Pangkor Island and Langkawi Island", again mostly because of the former two being tourist traps, but Labuan, Langkawi and Pangkor are special exemptions because the entirety of the islands are declared as duty-free trade zones. Meaning that the price of goods in those islands are completely tax-exempt, and the companies don't want the complexities of dealing with the customs when it comes to the offers.
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** A variation of the above (usually found on discount coupons) is "offer not valid at international airports, Genting Highlands, Labuan Island, Pangkor Island and Langkawi Island", again mostly because of the former two being tourist traps, but Labuan, Langkawi and Pangkor are special exemptions because the entirety of the islands are declared as duty-free trade zones. Meaning that the price of goods in those islands are completely tax-exempt, and the companies don't want the complexities of dealing with the customs when it comes to the offers.
** A variation of the above (usually found on discount coupons) is "offer not valid at international airports, Genting Highlands, Labuan Island, Pangkor Island and Langkawi Island", again mostly because of the former two being tourist traps, but Labuan, Langkawi and Pangkor are special exemptions because the entirety of the islands are declared as duty-free trade zones. Meaning that the price of goods in those islands are completely tax-exempt, and the companies don't want the complexities of dealing with the customs when it comes to the offers.
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* The Canadian channel History ''Television'' and the U.S. [[Creator/TheHistoryChannel History]] ''[[Creator/TheHistoryChannel Channel]]'' used to be two completely separate networks with completely separate programming, thus ads for History Channel on A&E (which is available in Canada straight from the U.S.) always made sure to mention that it was [[MemeticMutation not available in Canada]]. By the late-2000s, however, History Television had become a glorified History Channel Canada in all but name thanks to NetworkDecay (most of its lineup by then was now just imported History Channel programs), and the channel's owner ended up entering into a license agreement to re-brand it as History in 2012.
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* The Canadian channel History ''Television'' and the U.S. [[Creator/TheHistoryChannel History]] ''[[Creator/TheHistoryChannel Channel]]'' used to be two completely separate networks with completely separate programming, thus ads for History Channel on A&E (which is available in Canada straight from the U.S.) always made sure to mention that it was [[MemeticMutation not available in Canada]]. By the late-2000s, however, History Television had become a glorified History Channel Canada in all but name thanks to NetworkDecay (most of its lineup by then was now just imported History Channel programs), and the channel's owner ended up entering into a license agreement to re-brand it as History in 2012. (The French-language sister channel, Historia, followed suit in 2015, using the History logo but with the Historia name.)
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* Several chapters of ''Manga/SleepyPrincessInTheDemonCastle'' have Syalis wanting some item she saw on the shopping channel. However, the demon realm is outside the shopping channel's delivery network (presumably because they don't have postmen willing to fight their way through hordes of monsters just to deliver a package), so Syalis has to try to make something similar to the advertised item instead of buying it.
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* Several chapters of ''Manga/SleepyPrincessInTheDemonCastle'' have Syalis wanting some item she saw on the shopping channel. However, the demon realm is outside the shopping channel's delivery network (presumably because they don't have postmen willing to fight their way through hordes of monsters just to deliver a package), so Syalis has to try to make something similar to the advertised item instead of buying it.
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Often summed up quite simply with "Void where prohibited," a phrase which shifts the onus of learning about obscure laws away from the seller and onto the consumer.
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* Due to market eccentricities, Creator/TheWB was unavailable directly in the Mobile, Alabama area for the first six years due to their station, WFGX being licensed to the beach community of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, which was ninety miles away (and much closer to Panama City than their home market) and actually only able to cover the Pensacola half of the market, and was unable to move closer. Cable providers refused to pick it up because of a terrible signal and schedule outside of network time. Eventually even The WB tired of this and took their affiliation to Gulf Shores-licensed WFNA in 2001, which actually covers the whole market. WFGX was thus stuck with their terrible schedule and Jewelry Television (and wasn't even considered for Creator/TheCW at all) until Creator/MyNetworkTV came along, and even then was stuck with no cable coverage in Alabama. Only after the digital age where it was able to move their tower, and it was bundled in with their sister ABC station in Pensacola, were they able to finally get viewership in Mobile.
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* Due to market eccentricities, Creator/TheWB was unavailable directly in the Mobile, Alabama area for the first six years due to their station, WFGX being licensed to the beach community of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, which was ninety miles away (and much closer to Panama City than their home market) and actually only able to cover the Pensacola half of the market, and was unable to move closer. Cable providers refused to pick it up because of a terrible signal and schedule outside of network time. Eventually even The WB tired of this and took their affiliation to Gulf Shores-licensed WFNA in 2001, which actually covers the whole market. WFGX was thus stuck with their terrible schedule and Jewelry Television (and wasn't even considered for Creator/TheCW at all) until Creator/MyNetworkTV came along, and even then was stuck with no cable coverage in Alabama. Only after the digital age where when it was able to move their its tower, and it was bundled in with their sister ABC station in Pensacola, were they was it able to finally get viewership in Mobile.
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* Played humorously by OK Go during their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aQSpV5cERY OK Go Dances With You]] Website/YouTube commercial, where people living in Antarctica were excluded from the contest, because they were too far away (sucks to be you)
* Parodied in Creator/TheCapitolSteps's fake commercial to treat "electile dysfunction": offer not good in Florida.
* Parodied in Creator/TheCapitolSteps's fake commercial to treat "electile dysfunction": offer not good in Florida.
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* Played humorously by OK Go during their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aQSpV5cERY OK Go Dances With You]] Website/YouTube commercial, where people living in Antarctica were excluded from the contest, because they were too far away (sucks to be you)
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* Parodied in Creator/TheCapitolSteps's fake commercial to treat "electile dysfunction": offer not good inFlorida.[[OnlyInFlorida Florida]].
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* Car insurance is more expensive in UsefulNotes/NorthernIreland than in the rest of the UK, presumably because there is a higher risk of accidents and/or car thefts. Many of the locals do certainly appear to have their own JustForFun/{{egregious}} driving style. More generally, insurance companies would sometimes sneak a clause into the fine print that specifically exempted them from any financial liability arising from terrorist attacks by the IRA, but since UsefulNotes/TheTroubles are now largely a matter for the history books this is less common nowadays. This is played with in a TV advertisement for an insurance company who only operate in Northern Ireland, which includes the slogan "Excludes England, Scotland and Wales" as a "disclaimer."
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* Car insurance is more expensive in UsefulNotes/NorthernIreland than in the rest of the UK, presumably because there is a higher risk of accidents and/or car thefts. Many of the locals do certainly appear to have their own JustForFun/{{egregious}} driving style. More generally, insurance companies would sometimes sneak a clause into the fine print that specifically exempted them from any financial liability arising from terrorist attacks by the IRA, but since UsefulNotes/TheTroubles are now largely a matter for the history books this is less common nowadays. This is played with in a TV advertisement for an insurance company who that only operate operates in Northern Ireland, which includes the slogan "Excludes England, Scotland and Wales" as a "disclaimer.""disclaimer".
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* Green River, Wyoming, is noted as the birthplace of the Green River Ordinance enacted in 1931, which prohibits salespeople from selling door-to-door without the owner's express permission. Some variants of the G.R.O. prohibit all organizations, including non-profit charities, political, and religious groups from soliciting or canvassing any household that declares their express written intentions to be exempt from solicitors.
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* Green River, Wyoming, is noted as the birthplace of the Green River Ordinance enacted in 1931, which prohibits salespeople from selling door-to-door without the owner's express permission. Some variants of the G.R.O. prohibit all organizations, including non-profit charities, political, and religious groups from soliciting or canvassing any household that declares their its express written intentions to be exempt from solicitors.
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* Even the Internet falls victim to this. Because television shows are almost always licensed for viewing only in certain countries, online players will usually block users from foreign countries. Never mind asking ''why'' the networks prefer to limit their potential advertising base, but they do. Website/YouTube offers the ability to do this as well because it offers content from television networks. It's probably easier to list sites that ''don't'' do this. Unauthorized uploads on Vimeo and the like obviously don't count. This leads to such absurdities like a Sony ad not being viewable in Germany because it contains music by... Sony Entertainment. So if you're trying to view an official clip from ''Series/TheDailyShow'', the "not available in your location" message mentions, "but hey, at least you have kangaroos and boomerangs." If you want to get past these, just Google Proxy Mate, Hola Unblocker (both for Firefox and Chrome), or just learn how to do proxies. For Website/YouTube, there is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Youtube Unblocker]].
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* Even the Internet falls victim to this. Because television shows are almost always licensed for viewing only in certain countries, online players will usually block users from foreign countries. Never mind asking ''why'' the networks prefer to limit their potential advertising base, but they do. Website/YouTube offers the ability to do this as well because it offers content from television networks. It's probably easier to list sites that ''don't'' do this. Unauthorized uploads on Vimeo and the like obviously don't count. This leads to such absurdities like a Sony ad not being viewable in Germany because it contains music by... Sony Entertainment. So if you're trying to view an official clip from ''Series/TheDailyShow'', ''Series/TheDailyShow'' in Australia, the "not available in your location" message mentions, "but hey, at least you have kangaroos and boomerangs." If you want to get past these, just Google Proxy Mate, Hola Unblocker (both for Firefox and Chrome), or just learn how to do proxies. For Website/YouTube, there is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Youtube Unblocker]].
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* Unique case with Android devices- due to the fragmented Android forks out there, when an app is released for Android, there's a large possibility that it's only available on the Google Play Store. While Amazon's App Store is the second most popular app store out there and can be installed on any Android device, it seems that not many Triple-A developers are bothering with Amazon's and only publish on Google's. One possible reason for this is that while both platforms are technically compatible with each other when it comes to standalone apps, some apps use special services that only exist on one platform but has a competing and incompatible equivalent on the other (ie Google Play Games vs. Amazon [=GameCircle=], Google Wallet vs Amazon Payments, Google Drive vs. Amazon Cloud Drive), and many developers find forking the Android version to support both quite demanding on their budget and/or human resources.
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* Unique case with Android devices- due devices—due to the fragmented Android forks out there, when an app is released for Android, there's a large possibility that it's only available on the Google Play Store.Play. While Amazon's App Store is the second most popular app store out there and can be installed on any Android device, it seems that not many Triple-A developers are bothering with Amazon's and only publish on Google's. One possible reason for this is that while both platforms are technically compatible with each other when it comes to standalone apps, some apps use special services that only exist on one platform but has a competing and incompatible equivalent on the other (ie Google Play Games vs. Amazon [=GameCircle=], Google Wallet vs Amazon Payments, Google Drive vs. Amazon Cloud Drive), and many developers find forking the Android version to support both quite demanding on their budget and/or human resources.
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* After the promulgation of the General Data Protection Regulation, which heavily regulates the management of personal digital data, some international websites began to block EU users entirely or redirect them to stripped-down versions. Such website include United States regional newspapers such as the 'Los Angeles Times'', which saw no reason to implement regulations for their few European readers.
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* After the promulgation of the General Data Protection Regulation, which heavily regulates the management of personal digital data, some international websites began to block EU users entirely or redirect them to stripped-down versions. Such website websites include United States regional newspapers such as the 'Los Angeles Times'', which saw no reason to implement regulations for their few European readers.
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* Portugal has two variants: either "offer valid only in Continental Portugal" or "except Azores", which excludes one or both of the archipelagos that are a part of the country. Later advertisements mention "other conditional promotions" for the archipelagos instead.
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* Portugal has two variants: either "offer valid only in Continental Portugal" or "except Azores", which excludes one or both of the archipelagos [[UsefulNotes/{{Azores}} the]] [[UsefulNotes/{{Madeira}} archipelagos]] that are a part of the country. Later advertisements mention "other conditional promotions" for the archipelagos instead.
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* The famed Monte Carlo Casino operates a passport check at the entrance to its gaming rooms. The reason is that Monaco prohibits ''its own citizens'' from entry, whether as gamblers or even workers. Ordinary Monégasques have been barred since the casino opened in the 1860s; since 1987, not even the [[UsefulNotes/TheMonegasqueRoyalFamily royal family]] can enter. (At least during gaming hours; it's unclear whether they're barred from entering during public tours.)
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* Another common phrase is "Open to residents of the 50 U.S. states [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and the District of Colombia]]."
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* In the United States, many fast food discounts are void in Alaska and Hawaii. There's good reason for this. Alaska and Hawaii are part of the US, but are not in the contiguous US, so it takes more money to get the product shipped out there. For the same reason, Amazon Prime specifies that the fastest free shipping options are only available in the contiguous US.
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* In the United States, many fast food discounts are void in Alaska and Hawaii. [[note]]Sometimes even in the chain's Times Square location, due to it being a tourist trap.[[/note]] There's good reason for this. Alaska and Hawaii are part of the US, but are not in the contiguous US, so it takes more money to get the product shipped out there. For the same reason, Amazon Prime specifies that the fastest free shipping options are only available in the contiguous US.
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* Parodied in the Music/CapitolSteps's fake commercial to treat "Electile Dysfunction." Offer not good in Florida.
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* Parodied in the Music/CapitolSteps's Creator/TheCapitolSteps's fake commercial to treat "Electile Dysfunction." Offer "electile dysfunction": offer not good in Florida.
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* In Ecuador, there are 2 TV channels that have programming segmented by region: Ecuavisa and Teleamazonas[[note]]An egregious case since Ecuador is a small country and the rest of TV stations broadcast the same thing nationally.[[/note]]. Because of this, people who live in Quito and neighboring provinces see different programming than those who live in Guayaquil. Teleamazonas raises the bet UpToEleven by announcing programming on social networks with the disclaimer "except Guayaquil."
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* Spore had an expansion pack which was announced available to all players in the US, except residents of Maine.
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* Two FOX affiliates (Birmingham and Greensboro) never broadcast Fox Box/4Kids TV in its Saturday morning time slot until it went defunct at the end of 2008.
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* Two FOX affiliates (Birmingham and Greensboro) and one FOX owned-and-operated station (Austin) never broadcast Fox Box/4Kids TV in its Saturday morning time slot until it went defunct at the end of 2008.
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* When John Henson was host of ''Series/TheSoup'' on E!, he used to run fake offers with a long rolling list of disclaimers that always ended with "Valid in 49 states -- sorry Tennessee!"
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* When John Henson was host of ''Series/TheSoup'' what was then called ''[[Series/TheSoup Talk Soup]]'' on E!, he used to run fake offers with a long rolling list of disclaimers that always ended with "Valid in 49 states -- sorry Tennessee!"
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* Germany has "only available for people living in Schleswig-Holstein" for online gambling websites, since Schleswig-Holstein is the only German state where online gambling is legal.
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--->"You're watching Top Hat Entertainment. Adult programming all day, every day. Except in Florida and Utah."
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::On a similar note, for most of the 1980s and 1990s, BBC UsefulNotes/NorthernIreland showed its local evening news magazine at an earlier time to the other BBC nations and regions. To do this, it would opt-out halfway through the final presenter link of Children's BBC, which would lead the CBBC presenter to say "Goodbye Northern Ireland!" before continuing for another minute or two for the rest of the viewers.
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::On a similar note, for most of the 1980s and 1990s, BBC UsefulNotes/NorthernIreland showed its local evening news magazine at an earlier time to the other BBC nations and regions. To do this, it would opt-out halfway through the final presenter link of Children's BBC, which would lead BBC. As part of this practice, the CBBC presenter to would often say "Goodbye Northern Ireland!" before Ireland!", a cue for master control to switch feeds from London to Belfast for the start of the news programme. Meanwhile, the presenter would be continuing for another minute or two for the rest of the viewers.viewers outside of Northern Ireland.
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* The Canadian version is, "Offer not valid in UsefulNotes/{{Quebec}}." Quebec has its own gambling laws regarding sweepstakes, which differ widely from the rest of Canada, particularly the requirement that anything in English must also be present and accepted in French (which is the province's sole official language). There are also separate laws that make certain contests found in advertisements void; in particular it is illegal to advertise to children in Quebec. Since some of those publicity campaigns for contests run throughout Canada, the contest they advertise is made unavailable in Quebec.
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* In the late 2000's, many states were implementing "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe-haven_law safe haven]]" laws. These were laws that allowed parents to bring babies to hospitals, fire stations, police stations and (in some states) churches, without being charged with parental neglect or abandonment. The hospital/fire station/police station/church would then contact a social worker, who would find a suitable foster home for the baby, who would be cared for at the drop-off location in the meantime. This was all well and good, but one state, Nebraska, did not specify an age limit. (All other states did.) The result was that many parents were dropping off older children and teenagers, and some of these parents were driving in from out of state to do so. As this very quickly overwhelmed the foster care system, Nebraska had to suspend its "safe haven" laws until an age limit could be added on.
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* The Canadian version is, "Offer not valid in Quebec." Quebec has its own gambling laws regarding sweepstakes, which differ widely from the rest of Canada, particularly the requirement that anything in English must also be present and accepted in French (which is the province's sole official language). There are also separate laws that make certain contests found in advertisements void; in particular it is illegal to advertise to children in Quebec. Since some of those publicity campaigns for contests run throughout Canada, the contest they advertise is made unavailable in Quebec.
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* The Canadian version is, "Offer not valid in Quebec.UsefulNotes/{{Quebec}}." Quebec has its own gambling laws regarding sweepstakes, which differ widely from the rest of Canada, particularly the requirement that anything in English must also be present and accepted in French (which is the province's sole official language). There are also separate laws that make certain contests found in advertisements void; in particular it is illegal to advertise to children in Quebec. Since some of those publicity campaigns for contests run throughout Canada, the contest they advertise is made unavailable in Quebec.
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** [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E13HomerVsLisaAndThe8thCommandment "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment"]]:
--->"You're watching Top Hat Entertainment. Adult programming all day, every day. Except in Florida and Utah."
--->"You're watching Top Hat Entertainment. Adult programming all day, every day. Except in Florida and Utah."
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* Many, many offers are unavailable in the Crimean Peninsula due to Ukrainian conflict and the resulting Russian takeover. Ukraine still considers Crimea part of their country, but with no control there whatsoever, all Ukrainian companies' offers are usually void in Crimea in fine print (and for that matters, also for the uncontrolled parts of Donetsk and Lugansk).
** Russian companies, while having full rights to run business in Crimea, sometimes opted not to do so because of possibility to become subject of American and European sanctions. Somewhat averted with [[Main/CaptainErsatz proxy companies]] - no national Russian mobile operator works in Crimea officially, but ''very'' similar branded ones do, complete with similar pricing.
** Russian companies, while having full rights to run business in Crimea, sometimes opted not to do so because of possibility to become subject of American and European sanctions. Somewhat averted with [[Main/CaptainErsatz proxy companies]] - no national Russian mobile operator works in Crimea officially, but ''very'' similar branded ones do, complete with similar pricing.
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* Many, many offers are unavailable in the Crimean Peninsula due to Ukrainian conflict and the resulting Russian takeover. Ukraine still considers Crimea part of their country, but with no control there whatsoever, all Ukrainian companies' offers are usually void in Crimea in fine print (and for that matters, also for matter, in the uncontrolled parts of Donetsk and Lugansk).
Lugansk regions as well).
** Russian companies, while having full rights to run business inCrimea, sometimes Crimea according to Russian legislation, often opted not to do so because of possibility to become subject of American and European sanctions. Somewhat But somewhat averted with [[Main/CaptainErsatz proxy companies]] - no national Russian mobile operator works in Crimea officially, but ''very'' similar branded ones do, complete with similar pricing.
** Russian companies, while having full rights to run business in
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**Likewise, at least one [[NotAvailableInStores As Seen On TV]] company won't ship to Wisconsin, but still advertises there.
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* Charter Communications has "Open to legal US residents of the 48 states (including DC)" except New York and Florida, though it has no coverage in Florida.
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* Charter Communications has "Open to legal US residents of the 48 states (including DC)" except New York and Florida, Florida", though it has no coverage in Florida.
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* A Subversion of this is that all offers in South Australia are usually extended to Broken Hill, which is in New South Wales. Among other things linking SA to Broken Hill is the time zone, because during the late 1800's so much of mining industry and SA were tied together...
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* A Subversion subversion of this is that all offers in South Australia are usually extended to Broken Hill, which is in New South Wales. Among other things linking SA to Broken Hill is the time zone, because during the late 1800's so much of mining industry and SA were tied together...together. Even more to the point, when Australia adopted standard time in 1895, Broken Hill's only rail link to the outside world ran to Adelaide. (Broken Hill would not be connected to Sydney until 1927.)
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* The Tush program on WTBS in the late 70's - early 80's would often have disclaimers on their fake ads stating 'Void where prohibited and, of course, in Wisconsin.'
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* The Tush program sketchy comedy show ''Tush'' on WTBS [[Creator/{{TBS}} Superstation WTBS]] in the late 70's - early 80's would often have disclaimers on their fake ads stating 'Void where prohibited and, of course, in Wisconsin.'
