European Commission ends geo-blocking
 

The European Commission adopted a new Digital Single Market Strategy which aims to improve consumer access to digital services and goods. Among other things, Europe vows to end geo-blocking and lift other unwarranted copyright restrictions.

It will enable video distributions like NetFlix, BBC iPlayer, and Amazon Instant Video to roll out across the bloc.

These geo-blocking practices have been a thorn in the side of the European Commission, who now plan to abolish these restrictions altogether.

Among other things the Commission plans “to end unjustified geo-blocking,” which it describes as “a discriminatory practice used for commercial reasons.”

President Jean-Claude Juncker wants every consumer getting the best deals and every business accessing the widest market – wherever they are in Europe.

A key element on the new strategy is a modern and more European copyright law. The Commission notes that the legislative proposals to achieve this will follow before the end of the year.

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