[members-discuss] My Question To All LIR Members

On 28.05.2014, at 11:17, Jan Marius Evang wrote:

> Interesting that RIPE don't use the RIPE data…
> 
> https://stat.ripe.net/93.93.98.2
> 
> The geoloc-frame places it in Norway while the Registry browser (on the same page) places it in US (which is correct)...

I'm not fully up with the rules, but wouldn't that need ARIN IP-Numbers? 
As others have already stated, maxmind (and the geoloc-browser) try to provide where the USER behind an IP address is. If I have no other data, this is the language attribute of the browser coming from that IP-block.

This is what tv stations et. al. want from geolocation.
Which might turn up the question that should have been asked in the first place: how do we deal in the future with a more and more internationalized internet, with user s demanding services as VPN/proxy, to reach content locked away behind an anachronistic
geo filter?
When I travel or work abroad, this doesn't mean I want to be locked out of stuff I look at every day, as in the pre-internet era. As a user, I don't care who promised what when signing a content deal, maybe 30 years ago.

Matthias
ps: this question is not to be answered here, as this would become off-topic.

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