They cite this article trying to explain it.
The only Q is whether the universe will fill up to the brim with BS before we die, or some time after we die 
Peter wrote:
They cite this article trying to explain it.
They failed to explain it…
Good job we have VPNs!
What I’d like to know is the line of stupidity quasi-legal interpretation of EU regs which led to this.
Something similar has also led to many US firms blocking their websites from European IPs, citing “GDPR”.
Google can still search Vimeo.com; they missed that one
johnh
Good job we have VPNs!
But we have to pay for them
Peter_G wrote:
johnh
Good job we have VPNs!But we have to pay for them
No, we don’t – you just deploy a VPN on one of your own servers abroad.
Yes, of course everybody has their own server outside Europe 
What I’d like to know is the line of stupidity quasi-legal interpretation of EU regs which led to this. Vimeo are silent…
Peter wrote:
What I’d like to know is the line ofstupidityquasi-legal interpretation of EU regs which led to this. Vimeo are silent…
I think they never will – that would be admitting their incompetence.
On one hand it might help them a bit, on the other – they’ll lose even more audience.
This has a lot of potential relevance to us buying parts from the US. I’ve come across a lot of US websites which block European clients, presumably by IP to country lookup, citing “GDPR”. I am trying hard to not go down the “GDPR tangent” but clearly something is spooking these people. It could be some mad lawyer in the US who writes a blog on selling to Europe; I recall seeing one such “social media content creator” < puke > and he probably has 100k followers… he was banging on about that UK £135 thing but that applies only to B2C; if the transaction is structured B2B there is no issue.
I have a couple of VPNs too but that’s irrelevant (only IT-nuts will have that) and they are UK based. It doesn’t affect me for Vimeo (I have a login, obviously, since I use it, so this measure affects only casual viewers who don’t have a direct URL to some video) but it is the wider issue which is worth looking into.
EDIT: Vimeo responds with a non-reply: While we are unable to discuss specific regulatory details, please know that our decision was made to ensure full compliance with applicable EU laws and regulations. We are committed to maintaining a high level of legal and ethical responsibility.
Peter wrote:
I have a couple of VPNs too but that’s irrelevant (only IT-nuts will have that)
Everyone in the UK has a VPN now :)
