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This is actually not simpler as it's governed by a billion different licensing agreements, rules etc. To give one example: These are nationally negotiated beca
by pergadad 7y ago
This is actually not simpler as it's governed by a billion different licensing agreements, rules etc.
To give one example: These are nationally negotiated because languages vary. One key and for once reasonable argument for why you need national licenses is the language issue: if you allow more easy transfer across borders the market for translated versions will basically crash as may don't need them - at the same time a number of people to depend on them, and for any smaller country (say: Estonia, Malta, Czechia, even Greece) there simply won't be any more dubbed versions if the English version is more easily available.
Another reason is the chance for local players to do anything at all. If you give single licenses basically all the small local players (say a Latvian TV station) will have to pay the same as someone streaming across Europe, and basically anything from football league matches to Hollywood movies will end up locked into the big channels like RTL and Sky.
- nottorp 7y agoDubbed movies can die in a fire for all I care. Well, I'm in a country where they tried introducing one dubbed movie in cinemas once and that triggered so much of a scandal that they never tried again. With the exception of little kid's movies, but even those are available subtitled in the original language.
- skummetmaelk 7y ago> there simply won't be any more dubbed versions if the English version is more easily available. This is a good thing. Dubbing needs to die and it cannot happen fast enough. The vast majority of German speakers think dubbing is normal, but if they actually watch original language material for a couple of months they cannot go back to dubbed versions because it is just so abhorrent, unnatural, and unsynchronized.
- Double_a_92 7y ago> Another reason is the chance for local players to do anything at all. How does this work in the US or other big countries with a single market? Does a small radio station get (and pay) the licence to broadcast some song nationwide?
- imustbeevil 7y agoThere are large blanket licenses that professional broadcasters can acquire. https://www.quora.com/Why-is-the-radio-station-able-to-play-songs-without-violating-copyrights https://www.quora.com/Why-is-the-radio-station-able-to-play-...
- Double_a_92 7y agoBut how does that solve the problem that the poster above me mentioned? Why would it be harder or more expensive for a small European radio station, compared to small US radio station?