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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: 2) by gnuman on Saturday January 16 2016, @06:46PM
If we actually have "free trade", thanks to all of those treaties, then isn't it a violation of those treaties to treat people differently based on their location?
No. The purpose of "Free Trade" is more to combat protectionism. So for example, if you manufacture something in USA, you can export that into Canada or Mexico without paying duties. You'll have to work out how to deal with VATs, but there is no duties on border. Of course, there is exception to few items, but there is always exceptions.
There is very little worker or environmental protections when it comes to these deals and there is no reason why those should not be part of the deals anyway. Like saying that minimum wage must be no less than 50% of the minimum wage the highest minimum wage of any given nation. So for example, if minimum wage in Canada is $12, that Mexico or China has no less than $6 minimum wage too.
Anyway, better trade than what happened in the past - wars over resources.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday January 16 2016, @07:29PM
"combat protectionism . . . very little worker or environmental protections"
So, like I said, reward the rapists.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.