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Re:Spain to expand internet blocks to tennis, golf, movies b... by raincole on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @03:04PM (#47769913)
Music is the single field where copyright laws are enforced aggressively.

Plus signers and bands earn pennis from Spotify. Practically Spotify did vanished music privacy - by proving how bad a business it is to sell music and pushing the whole industry to personal branding (tours+ad revenue).

Re:Spain to expand internet blocks to tennis, golf, movies b... by alt227 on Thursday April 16, 2026 @10:32AM (#47793551)
Yeah I suppose the same alternative is not really possible for video based media. I sometimes see producers touring their independant films along with a Q&A session, but I doubt that it is ever going to become popular to go and pay a venue to sit and watch your favourite show every week!