Miguel (and a few other people) asks:

It seems Avex Pictures recently (publishers of "Yuri!!! On Ice", "Osomatsu-san", etc) have restricted exports of BD and DVD releases for their shows. Why would they do this? Isn't exporting from Japan more beneficial to them than if a Western fan bought the release in their country by another publisher? Could these Western publishers be making pressure for these type of changes to happen, and do they even have enough power in the market to negotiate something like this?

This is one of those things that, at first glance, makes no sense. Why would a publisher -- the original publisher, no less -- voluntarily restrict potential sales?

The answer, of course, is in the labyrinthine decision-making process of the production committee. We don't know exactly why Avex made the decision to enforce a ban on exports (which is something a publisher can do in Japan, but not in America). I don't know anything, but given the current state of things, I might wager a guess that it was one of the following: KEEP IN MIND, THESE ARE ONLY GUESSES.