OT: Phone museum seeks new owner

[geneb]

On Tue, 19 Feb 2019, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote:

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>> Old tech, but not computers:
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>> https://madison.com/business/galesville-antique-phone-dealers-looking-to-offload-vast-collection/article_b1845009-c861-50ff-82c8-60a15866fc6d.html
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>
> 451: Unavailable due to legal reasons
> We recognize you are attempting to access this website from a country belonging
> to the European Economic Area (EEA) including the EU which enforces the General
> Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and therefore access cannot be granted at
> this time. For any issues, contact hostmaster at madison.com or call 800-362-8333.
>
So basically, they're blocking EU users from a website due to a law that 
has no effect in the US?  Amazing.

g.

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