Europe's Geoblocking Decision: What You Need to Know

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On Tuesday the European Commission published proposals that concern how audiovisual content is presented to citizens of the bloc. Chief among recommendations was to force video-on-demand providers, such as Netflix Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Apple Inc.’s iTunes, to dedicate at least a fifth of their catalogs to European works.

Large numbers of questions and answers are raised or addressed in the extensive documentation that comes with them.