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That is a fair point though honestly I don't think the end user should be on the hook at all, it should be the people providing the service as they are the ones effectively running counterfeit streaming services.
Agreed, although apparently plenty of governments don't think the same thing.
I don't get it, most of the streaming providers they are protecting are foreign companies, if anything piracy is keeping more money in the local economy so why go so hard on IP laws above and beyond any treaty requirements?
A main driver of this was Mediaset, which is actually Italian. Seriously, the article is right there. I didn't know about it before I read it, either.
Yes but that is still one company which I doubt is a massive contributor to GDP. However upon reading more about it it seems it's linked to Berlusconi so I'm guessing that its a case of corruption with these laws serving to protect personal profits?
Mediaset is a proper multibillion dollar multinational media conglomerate. It is not the one rich guy wanting to protect their investment, any more than Disney dictating the details of US copyright law is. Diney, incidentally, also a player in this conversation.
Lobbying doesn't happen based on percentage of GDP, friend.