You are correct and I don't get why you're getting downvoted. A local news station giving a shit about someone across the pond's rules and regulations? Just block it and be done. Oh no, 10 people in the EU can't find up to the minute news about West Virginia. Y'all must be devastated. Hardly justifies wasting money on getting a lawyer to make sure they stay compliant.
Why not not block it, and be done? What's the EU going to do? Sue them in the EU? Good luck collecting if they West Virginia TV station doesn't have a business office in the EU (which I suspect they don't). Is the EU going to sue them in West Virginia? Yeah, good luck winning that case.
So why bother blocking? Not blocking seems even easier than blocking (unless someone is hosting their web presence, and needs EU compliance for some customers, and so just does it for everyone to not have different versions for different customers).
Hmmm, that's a good question. Before I begin, I'm not a lawyer. Just trying to use some logic on the matter.
I assume, but I don't know, it's probably just nipping the bud the potential hassle. What if a formal complaint is made? I'm not sure on the process on how an international kerfuffle would roll out. Especially between the EU and a state instead of directly the fed. Would it be made direct to the nation-state instead of state? Anyways, would you want that type of press to begin with? "Coal loving West Virginian local media monopoly based in the United Empire of America is spying and making dirty capitalist money by selling innocent EU citizen data".
I had fun writing that :)
Think of it this way.
1. Block out an extremely small and useless demographic and no potential bad happenings.
2. Don't block an extremely small/useless demographic and have the potential of having to answer to international litigation.
No matter how baseless the fascists at the EU are, an American lawyer still costs money, not hugs and kisses. Just blocking out the EU, using EU rules, is probably far cheaper and easier to deal with than not blocking and facing potential consequences.
To anyone looking at this that actually does international law, as a job, please, feel free to chime in.
