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The Oddball U.S. Privacy Law That's Keeping Netflix Away from Facebook
- ben1040 15y agoRelevant: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9078938/Blockbuster_sued_over_Facebook_Beacon_information_sharing?taxonomyId=146&taxonomyName=standards_and_legal_issues http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9078938/Blockbuster_s... Blockbuster got sued for automatically publishing people's Blockbuster activity to their Facebook news feeds, via the ill-fated Facebook Beacon service.
- fjarlq 15y agoMan, don't you just hate those oddball privacy laws?
- technogeek00 15y agoSo what is the difference between publishing what I watch instantly on netflix to a service vs. hulu automatically displaying my recently watched history to the public? they both are tv shows and movies, but how does hulu get away with it?
- chronomex 15y agoI suspect it has to do with the exchange of money. Are you paying for Hulu?