The European Commission last week announced it plans to eliminate geoblocking in order to let everyone in the European Union tune in to the same movies at the same time and allow more cross-border shopping. One of the EU’s digital Commissioners, though, has spoken out against a fast reform.

Quickly abolishing barriers that prevent EU citizens from streaming movies or TV shows is not the way to go, said Günther Oettinger, commissioner for digital economy and society, in an interview with the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung published on Monday.

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