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>Old college roommates from 15 years ago who live on the other side of the country. Coworkers. People they meet in bars. None of these are legitimate. But you
by basch 7y ago
>Old college roommates from 15 years ago who live on the other side of the country. Coworkers. People they meet in bars. None of these are legitimate.
But you can lend those people a Blu-Ray, which only deprives you of watching it while they have it.
- reaperducer 7y agoWhich is perfectly fine. Just as it's perfectly fine for you to purchase a Netflix subscription for someone else.
- criddell 7y agoWouldn't the analogy be that you lend them your service credentials and don't use it until they are done with it?
- basch 7y agoRehosting and serving that file is costing the streaming company electricity, bandwidth, cpu etc. Your agreement with them is that you can press pay an unlimited number of times in a month, but they didnt agree to serve that file to other people in other households. It's not quite the same as lending someone a disc, because in this case you agreed to terms of service that specifically address sharing.
- LeoNatan25 7y agoGoing by that logic, if I watch a movie twice or more, I should be charged more? What is the difference, “electricity” and “bandwidth” wise if I watch twice, or me and my coworker watch once?
- basch 7y agoYou signed an agreement for your own use, not to allow your friends to use their servers. Its about the agreement you made.
- LeoNatan25 7y agoBut that's moving the goalpost. You said that sharing an account has a cost. I ask you, if I watch once and my wife watches another time, how is that different from me watching once and my coworker watching at another time?