What about now in 2016? With Netflix and everything, I rarely buy DVDs anymore. Not that I have upload rights, but you know, good to know for the future! I can only imagine that the same is true for lots of other people (buying less DVDs because lots of stuff is available on VOD)
And if you what to check -- or send prove -- whether a movie or TV show is actually available on Netflix in a certain country, you can search for it on http://unogs.com/.