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It sounds like the only reason Netflix isn't allowed to do FB integration is simply because it involves movies.
by lylemckeany 14y ago
It 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 The law is pretty arbitrary and outdated in my view.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)).