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It's difficult to imagine that Friends, a show that ended 15 years ago, could be of any real importance to a modern streaming giant like Netflix.
In fact the sitcom, which features a bunch of 20-somethings living together in a time before streaming was even invented, is US Netflix's second-most watched show.
Today, Netflix announced that it's poised to lose its rights to broadcast the series to its original parent company, Warner, which plans to launch its own streaming service, HBO Max in the first quarter of 2020.
The blow follows another announcement in June that Netflix's number one series, the US version of The Office, is also being snatched back by its creators, NBCUniversal, to be broadcast exclusively in the US on its own yet-to-be-launched streaming service.
Old media, analysts are noting with no small amount of surprise, is suddenly bringing the fight to Netflix, and it looks like Netflix could be the one that gets knocked out, or at least very knocked around.
(Score: 2) by mmcmonster on Saturday July 13 2019, @11:30AM (5 children)
Except the next time, the users are going to be more sophisticated.
I know a lot of non-tech people that either already have a VPN or are considering getting one.
Right now they're using it for watching Netflix content outside of their viewing region. In the future it'll be for pirate bay.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday July 13 2019, @01:25PM (4 children)
A VPN isn't the final answer in pirating movies and such. My VPN service is just about the best, IMO, but they got kicked out of Russia, because they refused to play the Russian surveillance game. Private Internet Access may very well be shut down, any time the *affia organizations lobby the proper combination of asshats in the various capitals around the world. Look at China, a recent article suggested that it was, or soon would be, against the law to use a VPN.
It always has been, still is, and always will be, an arms race between "us" and "them". And, we've always been at war with Eastasia.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by RandomFactor on Saturday July 13 2019, @01:37PM
But has the VPN you connect to from THAT VPN been kicked out of Russia?
Op Sec is hard. [kym-cdn.com]
В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды
(Score: 2) by legont on Saturday July 13 2019, @11:57PM (2 children)
Well, telegram refused to play Russian security game but it is alive as well so far. Perhaps, one needs better engineers and bolder managers.
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Sunday July 14 2019, @12:28AM (1 child)
Actually, you can't be sure that Telegram was being truthful with it's users. Where is/was the canary switch? PIA tried to negotiate with Russia, Russia refused to negotiate, so PIA pulled out. They made it quite clear that Russia would not permit them to remain in operation, unless PIA buckled under. I can't be sure that Telegram has been compromised, but you certainly can't be sure that they have not.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by legont on Sunday July 14 2019, @01:03AM
For as much as anybody can be sure about anything in politics, I am reasonably sure telegram is not compromised yet. The reason mostly is that a lot of very powerful bureaucrats lost their face in the battle and they are still in power. If/when they got what they want, they wil advertise it, I believe. Besides, I have a good idea how telegram avoids blocking and vpn's could use the same strategy, but they decided it does not worth it. It is actually a good business decision as they don't make money in Russia. Telegram, on the other hand, has a personal vendetta going.
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.