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Netflix Forced To Declare War on VPN Users

posted by janrinok on Saturday April 11 2020, @02:29PM   Printer-friendly
from the follow-the-money dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Since early 2020 Netflix has cracked down on VPN users by disconnecting sessions at random and terminating SSL connections to their main website. This action is to due to content distributors pressuring Netflix to prevent users from accessing content outside of their geographical zone as they believe this is costing them in terms of profit. The end result is that users who always use a VPN to access the internet are cut from Netflix as collateral damage even if their account is registered in the same country where they connect to a VPN for. While some VPN providers have given up, NordVPN and a few others are battling on to provide their users with peace of mind while accessing services on the internet.

Can I get my money back because Netflix is not delivering the service I paid for?

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Saturday April 11 2020, @03:12PM (2 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday April 11 2020, @03:12PM (#981149) Journal

    Failing to fellate the "rights holders" to their satisfaction is piracy.

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 12 2020, @12:10AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 12 2020, @12:10AM (#981355)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWP88WKVBKs [youtube.com]

    You are not wrong. It just feels like crap from our PoV.

    But basically they have sliced and diced the 'rights' to the movies so much it is a royal PITA to show it anywhere, legally.

    • (Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Monday April 13 2020, @01:50PM

      by hendrikboom (1125) Subscriber Badge on Monday April 13 2020, @01:50PM (#981958) Homepage Journal

      Just to be clear -- it's not netflix that has sliced and diced the rights. They only get a specific slices from the copyright owners.

      I would love to see a regime where the distributors (such as Netflix) were separated from the creators. The way they once were.