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Because that content was also licensed by Netflix to other companies. House of Cards, for example, was licensed to companies in Australia, New Zealand, Germany,
by lgbr 11y ago
Because that content was also licensed by Netflix to other companies. House of Cards, for example, was licensed to companies in Australia, New Zealand, Germany, India, and others before Netflix's arrival there, and when Netflix did arrive in those places, those licensing agreements were still in place, meaning Netflix couldn't make its own content available in those countries.
- theseatoms 11y agoOh ok. So they're more interested in fulfilling the terms of those agreements than in actually preventing people from watching their shows.
- publicfig 11y agoWell, licensing is a legal agreement so there's really no way around that.
- JoblessWonder 11y agoThis is basically the only reason they are cracking down at all. I'm sure Netflix doesn't care, but if the rights holders see them as being "soft" on proxy use then they might charge more or sue. They will block what is easy to block so they can point and say "hey look, we tried!"