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marinluv t1_j182qff wrote

TL;DR

If you’re living in the United Kingdom, you might want to be careful about to whom you give your Netflix password.

A statement was issued by the country’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) on December 19 that said “accessing... apps without paying a subscription is an infringement of copyright and you may be committing a crime.”

The IPO is working on a joint campaign with Meta urging people to avoid pirated and counterfeit goods online.

“Piracy is a major issue for the entertainment and creative industries,” reads the statement on its website.

“Pasting internet images into your social media without permission, or accessing films, tv series or live sports events through Kodi boxes, hacked Fire Sticks or apps without paying a subscription is an infringement of copyright and you may be committing a crime.”

The law applies to sharing passwords on Netflix but also extends to other platforms such as Amazon Prime, Disney+, and Apple TV+.

However, a spokeswoman for the IPO told Newsweek that “copyright law remains unchanged,” and there are “a range of provisions in criminal and civil law which may be applicable in the case of password sharing where the intent is to allow a user to access copyright-protected works without payment.

“These provisions may include breach of contractual terms, fraud, or secondary copyright infringement depending on the circumstances.

"Where these provisions are provided in civil law, it would be up to the service provider to take action through the courts if required,” she added.

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StillAnAss t1_j18be4o wrote

It is always a solid business move to sue your paying customers. Let's see how this works out if they try it.

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RideSpecial7782 t1_j19264a wrote

"I didn't share it! It must have been hacked! You security sucks and I want my money back!"

Solved.

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FreezingRobot t1_j19dt3y wrote

If the Brits are upset that I'm sharing my Netflix password, wait until they find out I'm microwaving my water to make tea!

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gandalfs_burglar t1_j19it8s wrote

You're doing this NOW, Netflix? After people have been sharing passwords for a decade already and your streaming catalog is the worst it's ever been? Sounds like somebody's board put too many MBAs in charge and they're about to shoot your business in the foot

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akaBigWurm t1_j19xsg3 wrote

Why does Netflicks have profiles then? If I pay for streaming to 3 screens at once why does it matter where those viewers are at. Encouraging users to to use a feature and then calling it a crime..

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QuestionableAI t1_j1a0kv9 wrote

Had Netflix for a while ... their business model was "share your code with all your family and friends" ... while they were trying to make a name... now as their shares tank they want to declare others criminals... fuck right off.

Will never deal with them again, ever, not even for free. I can watch crappy shows elsewhere, plenty of resources available without the cursing and threats from those jackoffs.

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Necessary-Feature576 t1_j1ahc6v wrote

Are all other companies with paid subscriptions now fair game to sue their customer base or is is just petty netflix?

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mushroom_maverick25 t1_j1bsvcm wrote

Fine come and arrest us you useless fucks. You’ve been threatening us with this Netflix password shit for years, get some balls and fucking do it!

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aoechamp t1_j1bv9ox wrote

Replying to KL808 (#1,015,501)

This is probably very useful in court for anyone that gets sued. I’m sure a good lawyer would have something to say about a company formerly encouraging the very action they’re calling illegal.

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aoechamp t1_j1c0ltq wrote

Replying to Levainathan (#1,018,119)

It’s basic history that can be found in any western textbook.

Nicaragua = bananas India = black pepper Iran = oil

There are many other examples, but these wars were fought at the behest of private companies.

In Iran, the British hired the CIA to organize a coup and depose the then Prime Minister of Iran because of his plan to nationalize the oil industry. Which would have affected the British oil company that had an ill-gotten monopoly at the time. This might help you get started on the Iran case: https://www.jstor.org/stable/40209809

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NotAReal_Doctor t1_j1c28zd wrote

A crime is when Netflix buys shitty foreign films and dubs them and uses some extra fancy artwork for the cover. Fuck that.

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ThereIsNoHope72 t1_j1c44gl wrote

Reminder: Fuck intellectual property and anyone who supports it.

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Dr0ks t1_j1c6d4u wrote

Replying to R_Meyer1 (#1,018,731)

I'll reiterate what the dude above you said, where does Netflix differentiate users and IP in the ToS?

Also, can you watch Netflix on your phone on the bus? Different IP. That would not be allowed if what you're saying is true

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Automatic_Llama t1_j1c8bd6 wrote

Netflix is such bullshit. I cancelled my subscription like a year ago and have not missed it once. They bet big on original "Bong bong" intro having shit and lost. Just let me watch Columbo.

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lord_pizzabird t1_j1c8y95 wrote

Replying to TheWorld_IsNotFair (#1,017,602)

Let's hope that their plan isn't to go by IP addresses alone, given how completely inaccurate that is.

People on 5g home networks are going to be getting these warnings constantly, maybe every single day as their IP's change and routing bounces around.

I'm one of those people and within the same say mine fluctuates multiple times between 3-4 cities that I live more like 800 miles from. (I'm on tmobile 5g)

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Cloverx234 t1_j1ccbj8 wrote

Being a pirate is a crime, but at least I can share my movies.

Eat my ass netflix.

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VashStamp3de t1_j1cd6c5 wrote

So many people arguing on Netflix’s behalf in this thread it’s almost surreal.

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Studdabaker t1_j1cf6pc wrote

Please, please come after me! Gives me the reason I need to get family to agree to dump that overpriced stream of shit from the degenerates in Hollywood.

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Rombledore t1_j1cfjwo wrote

Replying to R_Meyer1 (#1,018,699)

ah yes, the predatory TOA that has so many pages, if people spent the actual time to read the myriad of TOAs they nee to agree to in their lifetime it would take actual years of their lives to get through them all.

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imJGott t1_j1cggn2 wrote

Replying to Dr0ks (#1,018,790)

They’ll be able to tell by the IP history of the account. All phones have a serial number/mac address/something to identify it from others.

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timwolfz t1_j1ci6ai wrote

they want their tv license money back

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Zenketski_2 t1_j1ckz7o wrote

Honestly I literally have not stopped pirating all entertainment media. Fuck these companies. I'll pirate till the day I die, and when I can't do that anymore, I'll exclusively play video games and do drugs

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porkusdorkus t1_j1cog6a wrote

Canceled a couple months ago. One of my kids only noticed yesterday and just shrugged. Had Netflix for over a decade, kinda sad but I’m fine with them going bankrupt.

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Jazqa t1_j1d4rc4 wrote

Replying to Freakzekiel (#1,019,072)

Gee, an actual answer to the question, how dare they!? Filthy Netflix shill must have a tongue up Netflix’ butt! Get the pitchforks!

As horseshit as Netflix’ terms of service are, the answer’s not wrong. Do we really have to downvote everything we don’t like? There’s barely any discussion on Reddit anymore, because everyone’s jerking each other off with extremely one-sided takes and downvoting everything they personally disagree with.

I’ve shared my Netflix account for years and I cancelled my subscription because of Netflix’ recent bullshit, but even I can see where they’re coming from and pretending I don’t just to jerk everyone off for karma is pointless.

When I started sharing my account, I lived with my siblings and parents – we shared the account within the household. Nowadays we all live thousands of miles apart and have children of our own, yet we all share the same Netflix account.

Again, I hate the change. I cancelled my subscription. I’m pissed that me cancelling probably results in at least two of my siblings subscribing for their kids.

Still, I must be paid by Netflix because I can understand that multiple households with children all using the same account because the parents lived together a decade ago is stretching the account sharing rules.

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WTFOMGBBQ t1_j1diruh wrote

I don’t share my account with anyone, but i will end my account immediately if they start suing customers.

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norfizzle t1_j1dmrfi wrote

Replying to timwolfz (#1,019,665)

Came to say this.

Might be beneficial for Netflix, white knighting or whatever, but never downplay the gov't wanting their tax revenue. I would imagine that many people here(b/c US) don't realize that citizens have to pay for OTA TV in the UK, making sharing Netflix passwords theft of tax revenue.

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imJGott t1_j1elq3q wrote

Replying to Dr0ks (#1,020,986)

How is that wrong if that’s how they can tell the difference? I’m just stating how it works haha. I run a plex server and I can see basically the same thing.

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