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.
MEPs to propose ending geo-blocking of films and series in the EU
https://twitter.com/karmel80/status/1716871807587004763
3 Comments
anytimesoon@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y
I can only see the first tweet for some reason. The way it's written, it sounds like the explanation of what was agreed follows, but I guess it's hidden if you're not signed in.
Edit: just had a quick search around, but can't find any news sources reporting on this. Quite interested to read more, if anyone has a link
jman6495@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y
It's flown a bit under the radar: https://karenmelchior.eu/en/geoblocking-report-vote/
Here is the thread on Nitter (so you can read it without login): https://nitter.net/karmel80/status/1716871807587004763#m
anytimesoon@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
Thank you!
This is really quite exciting. Geoblocking within the EU should absolutely not be a thing