Optional news item in the Republic of Ireland
Dear Sir,
of course this is picked up as newsworthy in the Republic or Ireland: the only, say, Amazon Video stream that is somewhat available in the Republic is amazon.co.uk. Titles that I bought when I lived in the UK, say "Only Fools and Horses", are not available in the Republic. Even side-stepping .co.uk and going to .de doesn't help, as Amazon Prime doesn't recognize that I have titles that might be displayable through the German servers, since I'm in Ireland. Amazon's explanation is that royalties would have had to be paid in Ireland for me to allow me to see what I bought in the UK.
Only resolution: Proxy
Hopefully this legislation will make it better, not in the case of amazon.co.uk or UK-origin contents, but surely in other things.
Unless Command in Chief May does a hard U-turn and a soft-bailout.
Regards,
Guus
Biting the hand that feeds IT
