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Re:Netflix cracks down on proxy streaming by lsaferite on Friday January 15, 2016 @08:03AM (#10909021)
There are people who travel internationally. What happens then? Do they get mistreated due to the changing country where they happen to be watching? Currently they have their catalog limited and have to resort to a VPN to resolve the issue.
Re:Netflix cracks down on proxy streaming by eva1984 on Friday January 15, 2016 @09:06AM (#10909329)
It is possible that Netflix will just let it be. I am not sure as how the terms and agreement going, but the copy-right holder might only provide access to their content within certain region, so if you are out of that region, you cannot access it, even you are member of Netflix.

It is just my speculation, but as consider the same practice is actually enforced before, e.g. DVD region codes.

Re:Netflix cracks down on proxy streaming by csydas on Friday January 15, 2016 @09:13AM (#10909370)
With Prime, at least, that is exactly what happens. I travel frequently, and Prime just straight up tells me that the content is not available in my region. US citizen, set up the account and everything in the US, but the last time I left the country, it was pretty much watching Prime a few hours before the flight, land in Helsinki 7 hours later, Prime tells me "Sorry, content not available in your region"
Re:Netflix cracks down on proxy streaming by rhino369 on Friday January 15, 2016 @09:15AM (#10909388)
Then Netflix should work on expanding their catalog in other countries.