Yesterday, the traditionally highly conservative legal affairs committee voted to end geo-blocking of films and series in some limited contexts. It’s a tectonic shift from the previous position of the legal affairs committee, and comes ahead of today’s vote in the more progressive Internal Market & Consumer protection, where MEPs will call for a gradual abolition of geo-blocking.

  • SpiderShoeCult@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    29·
    9 months ago

    Would be nice if they expanded it to all digital goods - to include music, for instance, and things like youtube videos (technically not films or series, as I’m sure somebody at google will point out).

    • jman6495@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      8·
      9 months ago

      I tend to agree, what we (of course) hear from the industry is that this “would result in price hikes”.

      • alvvayson@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15·
        9 months ago

        Also agree.

        The price hikes happen anyway, so it’s not really a credible threat.

        Glad the EU seems to be mostly sane on these matters.