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Netflix Loses Court Battle Over EU Rules on Funding Local Productions
Belgium's Constitutional Court rejected Netflix's legal challenge against rules requiring streaming platforms to fund local productions in French-speaking Belgium. The case centered on a 2023 law decree by the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. The ruling could set a landmark precedent for EU streaming regulation across Europe.
The Constitutional Court of Belgium has rejected a legal challenge by Netflix, which had appealed against the implementation of European Union rules that require streaming platforms to fund local productions in French-speaking Belgium. The potentially landmark case centers on a 2023 law decree issued by the small Wallonia-Brussels Federation, which is one of the three […]