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> The article does say that it is mostly to combat people > harvesting and selling large number of accounts/passwords > which seems reasonable to me. It s
by generalk 15y ago
> The article does say that it is mostly to combat people
> harvesting and selling large number of accounts/passwords
> which seems reasonable to me.
It seems reasonable that there be a law against that?
Reasonable: Netflix TOS allows them to terminate your account if you're found in violation.
Unreasonable: TN law allows criminal charges to be brought against you, potentially incurring fines and jail time and almost definitely incurring legal fees.
- graywh 15y agoReasonable?: Netflix will terminate the stolen account you're "borrowing" and you never get penalized. chopsueyar makes a good point: how will they even prosecute the real criminals?
- jrockway 15y agoWe really need help from the Republicans here. They passed laws so that any time someone wants to do something useful with taxpayer money (build infrastructure, provide government services), the first step becomes a 10-year-long "alternatives analysis" stage. We need the same thing for new laws. As an example, before this law can take effect, we need to decide exactly how much it will cost to investigate, prosecute, and imprison violators. And, we need to decide where that money is going to become from? Should we legalize child rape to free up those investigators to go after Netflix ToS violations? If yes, then make it a law. If no, then let Netflix worry about its own profits.