The example given is the BBC.
A service funded by licence fee payers who are resident in the UK.
Why should a service, that is advert free and wholly paid for by the UK licence payers, be free to people elsewhere?
You may react that it need not be free... i.e. on different terms. And it is, BBC Worldwide exists and material is available for licencing by other television networks, one may watch Top Gear globally.
I'm not even sure that I agree that geoblocking should be removed for commercial copyright holders.
Is it being proposed that all copyrighted material be subjected to compulsory universal licensing? Actually, let's change the question: What is being proposed?
It's fine to say "end geoblocking", yes... down with that, we can all agree it's a pain. But there doesn't seem to be a solution being proposed to say what replaces the existing legal enforcement of copyrights and the resulting contracts which today have led to geoblocking.
Edit: I mentioned the BBC because that was the example given. The general gist of this comment isn't solely about the BBC. What is being proposed?
A service funded by licence fee payers who are resident in the UK.
Why should a service, that is advert free and wholly paid for by the UK licence payers, be free to people elsewhere?
You may react that it need not be free... i.e. on different terms. And it is, BBC Worldwide exists and material is available for licencing by other television networks, one may watch Top Gear globally.
I'm not even sure that I agree that geoblocking should be removed for commercial copyright holders.
Is it being proposed that all copyrighted material be subjected to compulsory universal licensing? Actually, let's change the question: What is being proposed?
It's fine to say "end geoblocking", yes... down with that, we can all agree it's a pain. But there doesn't seem to be a solution being proposed to say what replaces the existing legal enforcement of copyrights and the resulting contracts which today have led to geoblocking.
Edit: I mentioned the BBC because that was the example given. The general gist of this comment isn't solely about the BBC. What is being proposed?