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We need copyright reform so Belgians can watch cricket, says MEP

Polemicista

Of Finnish bread and Belgian cricket

Interesting about Réunion having African IP addresses - it is constitutionally part of France, and there shouldn't be any issue with people there or other French overseas departments having access to French video content.

The UK regards its overseas territories as separate countries, and even in Gibraltar you officially can't watch Sky, though you'd never know it if you watched TV on the Rock. Although people get the full Sky package for only £60 a year, nobody in the UK cares as Gibraltar's only got 30 000 people and the local station (GBC) gave up trying to compete years ago. If it were bigger, local broadcasters could buy the rights and kick up a fuss.

In Singapore and New Zealand, fibre broadband companies offer geo-unblocking as standard instead of offering their own IPTV services. Slingshot in New Zealand used to pretend that its Global Mode was for people visiting from overseas but has now dropped the pretence - https://www.slingshot.co.nz/global-mode/overview Netflix has only just launched in Australia and New Zealand but about 250 000 people already subscribe to its US service using VPNs and pre-paid US credit cards.

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