Movie, Music, and Sports Industries Urge EU to Maintain Geo-Blocking, Citing Critical Importance for Content Financing, Distribution, and Consumer Pricing Across Europe. (torrentfreak.com)

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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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[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 18 points 4 months ago

Don't fund your oppressors folks...

This is another example of how class war looks like in nuts and bolts. But there thousands other ways the corpo parasite will use the state against the taxpayer who funds it.