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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: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 16 2016, @07:26PM
It never ceases to amaze me. The elitism espoused by those proud to engage in theft of service in a way different than how the regular person has to get by with guis and icons that need clicking.
It sounds like you know what you are doing -- I bet if you weren't an asshole you could get a job that lets you buy physical DVDs or whatever and then you can timeshift or format change them to yours hearts desire, without having to resort to being a jerk about how you are so much better than the little people that eat the crap you manage to avoid consuming.
You're eating the same shit, you just have a different shovel.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 16 2016, @07:57PM
That's right. BitTorrent is too mainstream for elitist nerds. But then if you're not an elitist nerd, what are you doing on a news-for-nerds site? This isn't news-for-wannabe-poser-nerds-who-need-shiny-things-to-click-on. Get the hell out.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Dunbal on Saturday January 16 2016, @09:36PM
The elitism espoused by those proud to engage in theft of service
If the publisher of a work willfully denies you access to said work because of the country you live in, is it really "theft"? Exactly how can they claim damages when their sales are $0? At one point it stops being about protecting the rights and revenue of those who produce a work, and it becomes a spoiled child refusing to share because they just don't feel like it. It's MY movie and I say you just can't fucking watch it because it's MINE! Copyright was never meant to give such power to any individual.