Film industry floods EU Commission with pleas to continue geo-blocking
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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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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.Without territorial pre-sales, there would be very few European films made, almost all in Britain, France and Germany, and almost all highly commercial. It would also gift the market to the American global streaming services, reducing plurality in the market.
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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.US film industry? How about fuck them very much?
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