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Apparently Netflix has implemented this feature outside the US. Also, it appears the law currently prevents Netflix from integrating the Facebook button as it
by macchina 14y ago
Apparently Netflix has implemented this feature outside the US.
Also, it appears the law currently prevents Netflix from integrating the Facebook button as it requires "informed written consent of the consumer given at the time the disclosure is sought."
The bill would change this to "informed, written consent (including through an electronic means using the Internet) in a form distinct and separate from any form setting forth other legal or financial obligations of the consumer given at one or both of the following times; (i) the time the disclosure is sought; and (ii) in advance for a set period of time or until consent is withdrawn by such consumer."
I think people ought to be able to make these choices for themselves. I realize some people will forget to disable the feature, enable it inadvertently, not understand it, etc. But how is this fundamentally different from Spotify or Last.fm integration?
- lylemckeany 14y agoIt sounds like the only reason Netflix isn't allowed to do FB integration is simply because it involves movies.
- macchina 14y agoIndeed. The law is pretty arbitrary and outdated in my view. The sole (or at least primary) reason we have it is that Robert Bork's video rental history was leaked during his Supreme Court nomination in the 1980s.
- law 14y agoThat's exactly the reason. It's from the Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (VPPA), which ``preserve[s] personal privacy with respect to the rental, purchase, or delivery of video tapes or similar audio visual materials.''[1] It prohibits video tape service providers from knowingly disclosing their consumers' personally identifiable information. [1] Pub. L. 100-618, 120 Stat. 3195 (1988) (codified at 18 U.S.C. §2710 (2006)).