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New EU rules will remove ‘geoblocking’ so customers can use online subscription services, like Netflix, abroad

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<p>The European Union is laying out plans to enforce new laws that breakdown geographical barriers for online subscription services like Netflix (https://www.netflix.com/), Amazon Prime Video (https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Digital-Movie-Collection/dp/B00VJ04TH0/?s=instant-video&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1428373784&amp;sr=1-6&amp;keywords=star+wars&amp;ref_=assoc_tag_ph_1428436859740&amp;_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=pf4&amp;tag=benjmayo-20&amp;linkId=0367a94cfa36febf452730bdd5c61e67) and Apple Music (http://itunes.apple.com/subscribe?at=10l3Qe&amp;ct=subscribe&amp;itscg=1002). When the new regulations come into effect in early 2018 (https://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2017/02/netflix-abroad-set-for-showtime-after-eu-strikes-a-portability-deal/), online services must provide a service to its customers regardless of their current location, as long as they stay within the EU.</p>
<p>For example, This means that a person from the UK (pre-Brexit) could buy a Netflix subscription in their resident country, and then go abroad to Spain for holiday. Netflix would then have to allow the customer to use their same subscription in Spain with access to the same content that they get in the UK …</p>
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