Reply to post: Re: Good luck on that one.@ Mister Justin

'I don't NEED to pay' to watch football, thunders EU digi-czar

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Re: Good luck on that one.@ Mister Justin

"Oh, this old canard. Isn't this what every "individualist" complains about wrt taxes? "

This is called a straw man, and is a popular argument of the hard of thinking.

The rights do not belong to government to assign, because they aren't paying for the industry. It's paid for by sponsors and advertisers, and to a lesser extent fans. It is owned (often) by foreign oligarchs, and it's their collective choice as to who they sell the rights to. Geolocation blocking is a legitimate way of maximising the property rights of the owners, in exactly the same way that luxury goods makers are legally allowed to block grey imports. I'm particularly impressed at your bizarre logic that says "if there is a tax on a good, you should have access to it regardless of your location". What are you smoking?

You might not like the outcome, but you must be particularly stupid if you think that it is the place of government to demand that you have access to FTA premier league football.

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