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Video-streaming giant Netflix has said it is going to stop subscribers from using internet proxies to view content not available in their home countries.
Due to licensing agreements, Netflix content varies between countries - many users have a virtual private network (VPN) or other proxy to get round this.
The firm said it would increase efforts in the next few weeks to block the use of such proxies.
Netflix expanded streaming services to more than 130 countries last week.
But some countries have more content than others - for example, the Australian Netflix catalogue has only about 10% of the content available to its US subscribers.
David Fullagar, vice president of content delivery architecture, said in a blog post on Thursday that the US firm was in the process of licensing content around the world.
But he said it had a long way to go before it could offer viewers the same films and shows everywhere.
Oh well, back to BitTorrent.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 16 2016, @05:54PM
"The firm said it would increase efforts in the next few weeks to block the use of such proxies"
this should rather read as:
netflix servers will stop answering requests originating from certain proxy or relay servers.
it is always funny to see information contained on some type of media blantly dummyfying users of said media.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Dunbal on Saturday January 16 2016, @06:35PM
I read it as "Netflix is increasing subscription cancellations next week". I for one will cancel the moment I get blocked. The only reason I have Netflix is because it is (up to now) a legal, hassle free way to watch stuff I can't watch on local channels. The moment that changes, the value of Netflix service to me is zero. I don't need Netflix to provide me with the same shit I get on my local TV.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 17 2016, @06:26AM
I would suggest they limit out of country viewing to a certain number of hours per year