TITLE:
The Circumvention of Geo-Blocking and Copyrights Infringement
AUTHORS:
M’Bia Hortense De-Yolande
KEYWORDS:
Geo-Blocking, Circumvention, Geo-Location, Infringement
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.10 No.12,
November
3,
2022
ABSTRACT: This paper discusses copyrights infringement caused by geo-blocking
and the circumvention of geographical restrictions. Geo-blocking advocates and
contesters set out the advantages and inconveniences of making available or not
online contents based on the geographical position. Though as with other forms
of internet censorship, geo-blocking can be circumvented and as such, will be
difficult to regulate. Therefore, priority must be given to a multistakeholders
approach which is better suited for countries when drafting legislation to
address the matter. The paper concludes that governments must take on
responsibility and enact passing laws that would require entertaining companies to create local content in order to
prevent unjustified geo-blocking.