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NetFlix Caught Stealing DivX Subtitles From Finnish Pirates

Posted by timothy on Sunday October 21, 2012 @02:26AM from the why-duplicate-effort? dept.

An anonymous reader writes with word that NetFlix recently opened its streaming service in Finland and was promptly caught stealing movie subtitles from a local DivX community site. How were they caught? NetFlix failed to remove references to the pirate site in the subtitles.

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Re:From someone who has read slashdots comment bef by Anonymous Coward · 2012-10-21 02:52 · Score: 0, Troll

Pirates distribute for free. Netflix is reselling it and making money. That is scum.
Re:From someone who has read slashdots comment bef by Jmc23 · 2012-10-21 03:09 · Score: 0, Troll

You're saying that netflix charges extra for the use of these subtitles? Or are you saying you're an idiot?

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Re:subtiles by JustOK · 2012-10-21 03:23 · Score: 1, Troll

Fn idiot. Why the hell do you end with an elipse???

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