Also the EU wants Netflix to offer the same content anywhere, so 30% of it will ...

chimeracoder · on Sept 5, 2018

> Also the EU wants Netflix to offer the same content anywhere

Literally the only way to do that would be for Netflix to take down movies for which they haven't secured the rights in every EU country. That'd mean they have to drop a massive chunk of their catalog, because media rights are sold piecemeal, so there are very few things for which they have distribution rights in every EU country[0].

[0] Ironically, this includes Netflix originals.

gbear605 · on Sept 5, 2018

Couldn’t the EU just require distribution rights be sold for all EU countries collectively?

tinus_hn · on Sept 5, 2018

Not if the EU invalidates provisions in contracts that state it is valid in one member state and not in another.

chimeracoder · on Sept 5, 2018

> Not if the EU invalidates provisions in contracts that state it is valid in one member state and not in another.

I look forward to the EU suddenly telling the current rightsholders that their distribution rights have been seized by the state.