Ep06: Geoblocking video & audio to be BANNED in the EU? Greg Polad explains

Grégoire Polad from ACT joins me to explain what we can do to support the media industries as the EU positions itself to ban broadasters and streaming media companies from using geoblocking when streaming copyrighted media. What will this do to business models and will it actually be a net negative for consumers? Review the evidence and contact your MEP if you feel strongly about this ahead of a vote on December 13th. Campaign Website: https://www.creativityworks.eu/geoblocking-campaign EU ICMO Report: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/implementation-of-the-geo-blocking-regul/product-details/20230613CDT11821 More background reports: https://www.oxera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Impact-of-geoblocking.pdf https://www.oxera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Cross-border-infographic-final.pdf What is geoblocking? "Geo-blocking, geoblocking or geolocking is technology that restricts access to Internet content based upon the user's geographical location. In a geo-blocking scheme, the user's location is determined using Internet geolocation techniques, such as checking the user's IP address against a blacklist or whitelist" - Wikipedia.