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One of the benefits of the USA no longer being an ally is we should be able to ignore all this sort of bullshit in the EU now. Cory Doctorow was talking about

One of the benefits of the USA no longer being an ally is we should be able to ignore all this sort of bullshit in the EU now. Cory Doctorow was talking about it recently. https://youtu.be/3C1Gnxhfok0?si=OzjYwL16yLzQUwuY https://youtu.be/3C1Gnxhfok0?si=OzjYwL16yLzQUwuY

wooger 9mo ago
Eh? What has this got to do with the US? European based sports broadcast rights are an EU & UK issue entirely.
- ronsor 9mo ago
  The truth is that the EU loves copyright and censorship just as much as the US does. The only difference is the branding and who pushes for it.
- quentindanjou 9mo ago
  It is mostly US companies (Like Universal and Disney) pushing for copyright regulation in EU.
  - mekoka 9mo ago
    It's a simple narrative, one which increasingly looks like very convenient scapegoating as the cover is being blown with the ongoing divorce. It may be time to take a closer look at the other, more insidious, culprits. Europe has had its very own history of draconian business practices. Those empires haven't disappeared. Greed is greed everywhere.
Eddy_Viscosity2 9mo ago
The EU is perfectly capable of doing its bullshit all by itself. See 'chat control'.
y-curious 9mo ago
Yes now that the EU is divorcing the US you can now stream soccer illegally! Oh wait… you guys are doing ISP-level censorship on your own https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Business/wireStory/spanish-soccer-league-battles-cloudflare-piracy-us-company-129010563 https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Business/wireStory/spanish-soccer...
- petcat 9mo ago
  That article says that Cloudflare is fighting Spain about the censorship. ISP-level censorship is extremely rare in the US. Copyright and piracy is almost always handled by domain seizure ordered by a court, not ISP-level blocking (as is common in the EU).
speed_spread 9mo ago
France has its own self important cultural industry to pressure the government. And then sometimes the President himself is married to a pop star.
- shlip 9mo ago
  In this specific case, it's not culture though, it's the sports diffusion rights mafia (LFP, beIN, Canal+).

wooger 9mo ago

Eh? What has this got to do with the US? European based sports broadcast rights are an EU & UK issue entirely.

ronsor 9mo ago
The truth is that the EU loves copyright and censorship just as much as the US does. The only difference is the branding and who pushes for it.
quentindanjou 9mo ago
It is mostly US companies (Like Universal and Disney) pushing for copyright regulation in EU.
- mekoka 9mo ago
  It's a simple narrative, one which increasingly looks like very convenient scapegoating as the cover is being blown with the ongoing divorce. It may be time to take a closer look at the other, more insidious, culprits. Europe has had its very own history of draconian business practices. Those empires haven't disappeared. Greed is greed everywhere.

Eddy_Viscosity2 9mo ago

The EU is perfectly capable of doing its bullshit all by itself. See 'chat control'.

y-curious 9mo ago

Yes now that the EU is divorcing the US you can now stream soccer illegally! Oh wait… you guys are doing ISP-level censorship on your own https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Business/wireStory/spanish-soccer-league-battles-cloudflare-piracy-us-company-129010563 https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Business/wireStory/spanish-soccer...

petcat 9mo ago
That article says that Cloudflare is fighting Spain about the censorship. ISP-level censorship is extremely rare in the US. Copyright and piracy is almost always handled by domain seizure ordered by a court, not ISP-level blocking (as is common in the EU).

speed_spread 9mo ago

France has its own self important cultural industry to pressure the government. And then sometimes the President himself is married to a pop star.

shlip 9mo ago
In this specific case, it's not culture though, it's the sports diffusion rights mafia (LFP, beIN, Canal+).