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[Vilanat]

In this context promoting cultural diversity could have been basically written as "Preventing the complete domination by the American Entertainment Mammoth" and be true to spirit since the whole point is preventing the likes of Netflix, Amazon, Apple and Youtube Red from providing only american content in Europe.

[Sheb]

Yeah, pretty much. Although one could question the usefulness of that policy change since apparently all the major vod platform already offer more than 20% of European content.

[Vilanat]

They do? not just in films?

Well, that's probably a good penetrating strategy, but not something that Europe could count on for the long term. Netflix ideal market is a like minded, English speaking, American content lovers since it spares them the extra expenses that comes from providing a larger and less efficient catalogue. there's no doubt that at this point in time Netflix themselves wants and needs European content, but it's not impossible for them to gradually "educate" the Europeans into watching mainly American content. plus and not less importantly, the law also come to serve as a mean to force Netflix and the likes to fund original European content, not just purchase older films/shows to meet a quota.

[redwallzyl]

Gauntlet thrown.


http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/06/02/480419665/german-parliament-votes-to-recognize-mass-killing-of-armenians-as-genocide

[martinuzz]

I can already see Erdogan, having just heard the news, ranting to his wife.
Erdogan: "I'll teach those Germans. I'll release a statement that Turkey will recognize the killing of the jews by the German third empire as genocide! That'll show them!"
Wife: "Erm, Recep, they already recognize that themselves"
Erdogan "What ... How?"

[Orange Wizard]

"My god, they admitted their mistakes? How do their people take them seriously!?"

[Sheb]

German police detains four IS members that were allegedly plotting an attack on Düsseldorf. One of the arrested had applied for asylum in Germany and was arrested in his refugee's housing. I think I owe LW an apology.

[Jopax]

It's really sad tho that recognizing someone commiting a genocide has become a purely diplomatic tool. I can get looking past certain mistakes and being willing to work with someone and all that, but this kind of crap is kinda beyond that.

Like, so far beyond it that I think it's making me a bit sick, don't think I've ever expirienced this with international diplomacy before. Rather odd, that.

[SirQuiamus]

based lama warns clueless eurocucks of impending white genocide

[scriver]

Not sure if real or fake.

Also don't talk like that, Sir. I expect better from you.

[Teneb]

The bants must flow.

[SirQuiamus]

Not sure if real or fake.

it's real

Also don't talk like that, Sir. I expect better from you.

c'est le sarcasme

[scriver]

You may think you're being sarcastic, but you're still the one talking like a moron in the end.

[SirQuiamus]

You may think you're being sarcastic, but you're still the one talking like a moron in the end.

something something gaze into the abyss something gazes back

[Kot]

My country never ceases to amaze me.