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.

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    8 hours ago

    How are we going to pay a football player 50 million if you don’t allow us to cheat everyone and squeeze every cent out of them?

    Fuck them