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> "There are a range of provisions in criminal and civil law which may be applicable in the case of password sharing where the intent is to allow a user to acce
by Gordonjcp 4y ago
> "There are a range of provisions in criminal and civil law which may be applicable in the case of password sharing where the intent is to allow a user to access copyright-protected works without payment"
Translation: "There isn't actually a law that specifically prevents this so we're going to throw a bunch of random shit at it until something sticks"
- rosnd 4y agoI mean, various laws covering unauthorized access to computer systems seem like they would be directly applicable here. https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/computer-misuse-act https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/computer-misuse-act >There must be knowledge that the intended access was unauthorised; and Check? If not currently, Netflix could trivially ensure that this is the case by just adding a banner on the login page. >There must have been an intention to secure access to any program or data held in a computer. Check.