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Netflix CEO Says Blocking Proxy Services Is Maturation of Internet TV (mobilesyrup.com)

Posted by msmash on from the pushing-some-to-piracy dept.

An anonymous reader writes: During a recent round table discussion, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings commented on the company's controversial move to begin blocking the use of proxy VPN/DNS services. "We have the obligation to respect the content rights that we buy; it's just a simple fairness thing. Someone else has paid for the rights in Germany, so we should respect that, just as we would expect the same in return," he said. "The basic thing is if we license a movie here [the U.S.], and then another network licenses it in Germany, then we don't have the rights to display it in Germany. That's why we have to enforce those VPN rules, just like Amazon Prime Instant Video and others do as well. Think of it as the maturation of Internet TV."

2 of 191 comments (clear)

  1. vpn use important when not at home... by OFnow · · Score: 5, Interesting

    When not at home it's really only sensible to use vpn to use the web. You know: to keep our web access private in a public place. So, Netflix does not want us to use what we paid for --- except at home? What?

  2. Alternatively.... by slashping · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Or they could just move to a non-exclusive licensing model.