Movie, Music, and Sports Industries Urge EU to Maintain Geo-Blocking, Citing Critical Importance for Content Financing, Distribution, and Consumer Pricing Across Europe.
cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/27037278
Threatened by potential EU regulatory changes, the movie, music, and sports industries are vehemently defending the practice of geo-blocking, as an essential part of their business models. Rightsholders argue that eliminating geo-blockades would devalue content, force price hikes for consumers in some countries, and ultimately reduce investment in content and localized services.
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"Please keep doing this, or we won't make as much obscene amounts of money!"
How many countries are we talking about, and what would happen to the price in the rest of the countries?