Internet Australia backs calls to end geoblocking as video-on-demand use increases

The peak body for internet users has thrown its weight behind calls to end geoblocking, as increasing use of legal video-on-demand services is revealed by new figures.

“We have consistently argued that geoblocking is fundamentally wrong and that it has resulted in unfair price-gouging of Australian consumers for decades.”

The commission found most illegal piracy was driven by frustration with legal alternatives, or the absence thereof.