> "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

> "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," I'm not sure the IPO could say anything else. Its position boils down to: "it might be illegal to share your password." It can't say definitively either way because the issue has never been before the courts. (The headline used here is a bit clickbaity. The original is "Netflix password sharing may be illegal, says UK government" )