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Film industry floods EU Commission with pleas to continue geo-blocking

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Film industry floods EU Commission with pleas to continue geo-blocking

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Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 day ago

The film industry has launched a coordinated lobbying attempt to ensure streaming platforms can continue to make content available in some EU countries but not others.

The industry hopes that the Commission maintains the status quo, where the audiovisual sector, including Video-on-Demand platforms (VOD) such as Netflix, Disney+, or Amazon Prime, offers different catalogues in different countries, based on licensing rights. The geo-blocking regulation, in force since 2018, forbids unjustified barriers to cross-border access to products or services across the EU single market. The regulation is focused on e-commerce platforms. However, copyright-protected content and the audiovisual sector are currently exempt from the rules.

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