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EU plan to ban geoblocking will lead to dull content, warn film-makers (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 11 months ago by Skavau@kbin.social to c/television@kbin.social

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Allowing streaming between borders will result in films ‘aiming for lowest common denominator of human experience’

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[–] Skavau@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I’d be interested if people in Europe find the current system to be a significant hassle or not.

It just means people pirate. This really should've been solved some time ago. A TV show being accessible does not inherently mean that it must be streamed, it could be a digital download. This is why a Steam storefront-type setup should exist for TV with no blocks. You can buy any TV show you like, £10-15 a season (prices could vary obviously) and it's yours. Netflix and Amazon and Disney etc would exist alongside it as streamers. Or the EU should've thought about a pan-european streaming service.

The European Parliament should've just alternatively done this.

If you refuse to make your TV show legally accessible either to stream or to download for a certain country, piracy of that show within that country should be legal

[–] PotentialProblem@sh.itjust.works 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ah thanks for the context! I was thinking this might be the case.

Interesting point on digital downloads. I hadn’t thought of that aspect.

Would you say you’d be in support of legislation that’s something along the lines of what’s being proposed?

[–] Skavau@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

I would support the end of all geoblocks, or the legalisation of piracy for shows unaccessible to particular countries (for the citizens within)