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Netflix Admits Blocking VPN Users in Australia Opening Legal Can of Worms

posted by martyb on Monday June 08 2020, @10:38PM   Printer-friendly
from the Do-unto-others dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Since the beginning of 2020 Netflix has been waging a war against its own users to prevent them from using proxy, VPN and unblocker technology to access Netflix content even though this action is legal in many countries. In Australia Netflix has reported "connection errors" to paying customers, advising them to "check their network" including to "restart their router" in order to "fix" a problem accessing Netflix. The issue is that there was no such problem. It was Netflix deliberately blocking paying customers from accessing the service they paid for. As of June 2020 Netflix shows a proper error message and redirects users to a page stating that using a proxy or VPN is disallowed. While Netflix can set the terms of service it can't deceive customers or act fraudulently. Netflix did not post information to its customers that it was blocking VPN, for example, it just cut the connection. This deceptive behaviour could see Netflix run afoul of the ACCC Non-delivery of products & services which states that It is illegal for a business to accept payment for products or services they do not intend to supply.

What would you do if you were paying for a service and the vendor refused to provide the service and did not tell you why?

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  • (Score: 4, Touché) by Bot on Monday June 08 2020, @11:07PM (3 children)

    by Bot (3902) on Monday June 08 2020, @11:07PM (#1005027) Journal

    Notflix

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 09 2020, @02:10AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 09 2020, @02:10AM (#1005064)

    They host too many shows and movies with minorities for your taste huh?

    • (Score: 2) by Bot on Tuesday June 09 2020, @07:28AM (1 child)

      by Bot (3902) on Tuesday June 09 2020, @07:28AM (#1005122) Journal

      Lol I am part of a minority too, millie.

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 09 2020, @05:18PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 09 2020, @05:18PM (#1005272)

        Right wingers are famously incapable of analyzing art or understanding subtext.

        They thought the Colbert Report was serious. They thought Fight Club was pro-toxic masculinity. They think Bioshock is a video game about how cool libertarianism is. They think Fortunate Son is patriotic. Paul Ryan's favorite band was fucking Rage Against the Machine.

        Being a right winger in the 21st century seems to require a complete inability to understand the message of any media that you consume.