Sticky rights issue: YouTube users in the country have been confronted with a red sad-face emoticon and messages announcing "this video is not available in Germany" when trying to view videos ranging from the latest pop clips to films with GEMA-controlled background.
Now the blockages should largely be a thing of the past.
"Hell has frozen over!" wrote one Twitter user in response to the news. "Listen to all the music!" said another.
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