Streaming platforms not to blame for users who circumvent geo-blocking, EU court opinion says
By Nicholas Wallace ( October 20, 2022, 11:13 GMT | Insight) -- Streaming platforms that use geo-blocking to prevent access in countries where they do not have a license to show the content are not responsible when people circumvent those restrictions with Virtual Private Networks, an advocate general to the EU Court of Justice has said.Streaming platforms should not be held liable when people use Virtual Private Networks to access copyright-protected content from countries other than those the platform has a license for, according to a legal opinion drafted for the EU Court of Justice....
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