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An end to country restrictions for streaming within the EU? (www.brusselstimes.com)

submitted 8 months ago by bossito@lemmy.world to c/europe@feddit.de

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[-] alvvayson@lemmy.world 102 points 8 months ago

A single market is a single market.

Companies which discriminate between Europeans should get heavily fined.

Yes, I know the problem is often blamed on national governments, but we already have mechanisms to prevent national governments spoiling the single market.

[-] CJOtheReal 61 points 8 months ago

Eh the piracy sites never did that lol

[-] germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 40 points 8 months ago

Kinda funny. A few years ago on R*ddit I ranted how Netflix and co don’t have to abide geoblocking laws and can just restrict content based on country and people called me an idiot for not understanding licensing laws.

And now this.

[-] rentar42@kbin.social 18 points 8 months ago

Netflix "hides behind" licensing deals that restrict it but those are just as problematic as Netflix own restrictions.

[-] porkins@sh.itjust.works 11 points 8 months ago

Licensing laws are an issue though. Just because they pass a bill saying you can’t restrict access to content doesn’t mean that they can open it up to a market that their contract doesn’t allow for. This could end up backfiring and having them remove lots of content from all regions in order to comply with this demand.

[-] maiskanzler@feddit.de 26 points 8 months ago

Yes, but just like the universal charger laws companies will simply have to alter their offerings to still fit the market. In the beginning they might have to pull some titles and frantically renegotiate, but remember that the owners of the media have a monetary interest in their material being accessible to customers. Future licensing deals will simply be different and encompass the entire EU.

[+] porkins@sh.itjust.works -7 points 8 months ago

Many contracts have long terms and took time and effort to negotiate. A law like that would have large revenue implications. It would upend the entire business. I wouldn’t be surprised if the entertainment companies take this to court or pull out of those markets entirely. The EU should not dictate product offerings. If people don’t like a service’s offerings, they can use another one. It is an abuse of their power.

[-] taladar@feddit.de 8 points 8 months ago

If anything it is an abuse of the powers granted by copyright law to those companies to only offer content in very limited ways.

[-] andrai@feddit.de 6 points 8 months ago

Imagine if you only watch a show on Netflix is you are physically in Texas and as soon as you are in Oklahoma you can't anymore. And then believe Netflix would pull out of the US market just because the federal government passed a bill mandating that content needs to be available in the entire US and not just select states.

[-] geissi@feddit.de 6 points 8 months ago

The EU should not dictate product offerings. If people don’t like a service’s offerings, they can use another one. It is an abuse of their power.

Sorry, I understand and partially agree that this can put streaming services in a tricky situation but I strongly disagree with this.
It is exactly the duty of legislature like the EU to define the rules in a market and counteract market imbalances.

[-] aairey@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Just Netflix fanbois.

[-] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago

Those really exist? Recently I’ve heard many comments from people who stopped paying and started sailing the high seas instead.

[-] aairey@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Yes, recently. The time context in the above comment is " a few years ago".

[-] WldFyre@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

Sorry what's the difference between geoblocking and restricting content based on country? Aren't those the same thing?

[-] ___qwertz___@feddit.de 27 points 8 months ago

I am wondering how this would affect public broadcasting on the web? This too is heavily affected by geoblocking.

[-] jman6495@lemmy.ml 33 points 8 months ago

Hi, I helped write the report. Public broadcasting would also be included :)

[-] bossito@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago

So will we finally be able to watch "Parlement" outside France ahead of the European elections?

[-] jman6495@lemmy.ml 16 points 8 months ago

Why do you think we wrote the proposal? 😉

[-] bossito@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Excellent 😁

[-] Anekdoteles@feddit.de 7 points 8 months ago

You work for one of the institutions?

[-] jman6495@lemmy.ml 9 points 8 months ago

Parliament!

[-] Anekdoteles@feddit.de 1 points 8 months ago

The best! :)

[-] aairey@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

I think this is exactly the point and also counts as "streaming".

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