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They optionally sign contracts which contain geo-fencing clauses. There’s no law that says content must be geo fenced, and that suspicion of proxy use, for any
by confounded 9y ago
They optionally sign contracts which contain geo-fencing clauses. There’s no law that says content must be geo fenced, and that suspicion of proxy use, for any purpose must result in denial of service.
- jimbobimbo 9y agoThere's no law, but then there's no content, which Netflix needs to serve their users. Netflix is a business, not an entity set up to fight Internet freedom.
- confounded 9y agoSo before Netflix introduced a VPN ban, Netflix didn’t exist? Same for Amazon, Apple, etc. etc.? No. Rights holders groups asked for it, and they said yes to increase their margins.
- jimbobimbo 9y agoSure. And if they said "no" to rights holders, rights holders would pull the licenses. Whether the move increases Netflix or not - doesn't matter really. As long as they license someone else's content, they have to play by someone else's rules. If this play also increases Netflix's margins, so be it - all I care about is having access to movies.
- confounded 9y agoYou have an awful lot of certainty about the positions of both parties in these contract negotiations. It seems more likely to me that Netflix would simply have to pay more. I’m sure Netflix could pay less in exchange for the IP and email addresses of people watching in real-time, too, but that doesn’t mean it’s either inevitable or desirable. I imagine that Netflix as a distribution platform may wield more power than you imagine.
- jimbobimbo 9y agoI guess we'll agree to disagree. I'm pretty sure we can safely say that neither of us was privy to the contract negotiations between Netflix and studios. :)