Do you share your password with family and friends?
Sharing passwords for online streaming services such as Netflix is against the law, according to a government agency.It is common in the UK for people who do not live together to share their streaming service passwords, despite this typically being against terms of service agreements.The IPO has since removed the reference to password sharing in its guidance on the government website.
"Where these provisions are provided in civil law, it would be up to the service provider to take action through the courts if required."Netflix said it wanted to "make it easy" for people borrowing others' accounts to set up their own, to transfer their profile into a new account, as well as to create "sub-accounts" for people to pay extra for family or friends.The BBC has also approached streaming service operators Amazon and Disney for comment.
"Following on from the addition of the ad-supported tier, there is clearly an opportunity for Netflix to generate significant additional revenue by cracking down on account sharing and converting those who do into subscribers in their own right," he said.
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