Speaking at Midem yesterday, Andrus Ansip of the European Commission shared his vision for the Digital Single Market. Noting that geo-blocking is bad for business, Ansip said that opening up content across borders and providing good legal options is the best way to tackle piracy. “Our legislation is pushing people to steal,” he said.Last month the European Commission adopted a new Digital Single Market strategy with the aim of improving consumer access to digital goods and services. Among other things the Commission says it plans to end the “discriminatory practice” of “unjustified” geo-blocking.”I want to see every consumer getting the best deals and every business accessing the widest market – wherever they are in Europe,” Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said.
http://torrentfreak.com/eu-copyright-legislation-is-pushing-people-to-piracy-150609/Also see:EU vice-president: Copyright legislation is “pushing people to steal”
Andrus Ansip, the European Commission’s Vice-President for the Digital Single Market, has admitted that EU copyright law is “pushing people to steal,” because they seek out illegal copies of works that are not available to them legally because of the widespread use of geoblocking in Europe.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/06/eu-vice-president-copyright-legislation-is-pushing-people-to-steal/