The European Parliament’s legal affairs committee is taking a strong stance against geo-blocking online content in a report on copyright reform that is largely in sync with the Commission, which is drafting new legislation intended to tackle issues that have arisen in the digital world.

Current copyright rules date to 2001, so there’s an urgency around making them current in order to promote access to digital information and services across borders. The report by the legal affairs committee will go to the entire Parliament for a vote and, when adopted, be considered an opinion that the Commission should take into account when writing the new laws. These reports are a strong signal as to what will pass when those draft laws are eventually presented to the Parliament for approval.

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