Regardless whether is legal or not (I guess not), I´m sure is fairly common in the US as well. The strength of Netflix (and Spotify, Steam...) is that they off

Regardless whether is legal or not (I guess not), I´m sure is fairly common in the US as well. The strength of Netflix (and Spotify, Steam...) is that they offer a service that is more convenient, and offers more value, than just downloading the torrent, at least for a large number of users. I hope they are successful in Europe as well, although the limited library will surely be a problem.