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Netflix starts blocking unblocking services

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How is this going to effect TunnelBear?! I honestly don't believe that this is sustainable. 


 

Netflix, right on schedule, has started blocking some subscribers who are using VPNs.

Last week, on January 14, Netflix said that it would begin cracking down on customers who use VPNs, proxies, or other "unblocking" services to view content that shouldn't be available in their country. The move is almost certainly to appease copyright holders and broadcasters. Way back in 2014, Sony Pictures accused Netflix of "semi-sanctioning" piracy by allowing "illegal subscribers" to view geoblocked content.

 

http://arstechnica.co.uk/information-technology/2016/01/netflix-starts-blocking-vpns-proxies-and-other-unblocking-services/

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Does anyone have confirmation if this has started to affect them?

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Like I said on a previous thread this will do nothing more than increase traffic on torrent sites, oh and possibly lower Netflix's subscriber count.

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I've been using hotspot shield to access American netflix if they start banning it I will ditch Netflix.

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I'm still able to access Netflix using a vpn but I don't know if I'm getting US or Canadian content. Anyone know of some US only content?

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geo-blocking is a very strange thing. it's from an era where people were separated from each other, whereas now people all over the world communicate with each other at high speed and have access to the same Internet. But laws and corporations don't always move as fast as technology.

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