Pretty sure that's not how it works. Just because someone created something doesn't mean you automatically have the right to access said thing. That's ridiculous.
Are you saying that the creator of something is contractually or even morally bound to make it available everywhere? It's their property, they can do with it what they choose. Nothing gives you the right to steal it.
Maybe that would make sense on their end, but it's still their decision. But as far as you are concerned, there's simply no excuse to steal. It makes no sense to use someone else's perceived poor choices to justify your own poor choices.
Besides, business shouldn't operate under the assumption that people are going to be dishonest. If, as you say, people are going to get your work anyway, then what we have is a theft problem. That's way more important for us to deal with than trying to provide business advice to artists. It is a shameful reflection on our culture, and I think we should be trying to fix it rather than satisfy it.
And believe it or not, making the material available to the region in question is a way/start to fixing said problem.
If the artist truly did care, they need to find a way to severely discourage said theft, instead of just making it unavailable.
Besides, business shouldn't operate under the assumption that people are going to be dishonest. If, as you say, people are going to get your work anyway, then what we have is a theft problem. That's way more important for us to deal with than trying to provide business advice to artists. It is a shameful reflection on our culture, and I think we should be trying to fix it rather than satisfy it.
If the artist truly did care, they need to find a way to severely discourage said theft, instead of just making it unavailable.