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

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."

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Re:Except that I paid for the right to watch it.

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It's not smug, it's you asserting that you paid for something that was not part of the agreement and now claiming you're entitled to it. That's smug. Not me.

You had (and have) the power to cease your relationship with the company. You had an obligation to know what you signed. You've been taught since childhood to know what you're signing before you sign it. You opted to neglect that or to find someone to aid you in understanding the verbiage. You now feel that you get to set the terms to something they did not agree to. You now assert that you're continue to consume the content but will not pay for it.

And you call me smug?