Europe's startup lobby AlliedForStartups supports the demand to end geoblocking. It is in fact the business practice of geoblocking and the legal framework of

Europe's startup lobby AlliedForStartups supports the demand to end geoblocking. It is in fact the business practice of geoblocking and the legal framework of 28 different copyright territories & laws that: * Most serves the big players distributing the most popular content, who are able to cut 28 licensing deals. For non-blockbuster productions, it mostly results in turning away customers/audiences. * Keeps European VoD startups small. What's the only VoD service available in all EU countries? Netflix. Only 5% of VoD services you can subscribe to in the UK are from other EU countries -- 95% are either national (= forever small) or from overseas. We are artificially making it harder for EU startups to compete internationally. Plus: It is the EU's stated mission to remove barriers to a common market and to eliminate discrimination of Europeans in Europe by country of origin. Curtailing geoblocking advances both. Action on geoblocking is not arbitrary burdensome regulation. It's exactly fulfilling the purpose of the EU, it would be popular among the public -- and it would enable/help startups.