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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CevxZvSJLk8

Year of publication: 

2015

How can it be that only in one EU country, access to content on YouTube has to be blocked, because of the stance of the national rights collection agency

There are at least 2 things wrong here. First of all, because GEMA refuses to accept the deal YouTube has in other EU Member States, content is blocked in Germany, which has a negative impact on the income and earning potential of artists.

Secondly, as far as I know, once a product (in this case music videos) is allowed in one national market of one EU Member State, shouldn't it be automatically deemed allowed in other states?

In a truly single market, even a digital one, it cannot be that based on where you are using the internet, you don't have access to content, and earnings of artists are limited.