Netflix cracks down on proxy streaming
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LibertyBeacon
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I think this would be murder for their bottom line, not to mention reputation in the tech/geek community. This will cause people to leave Netflix and pirate more, which generally speaking is not what you want to encourage. It would be tremendously stupid for them to do this.
B23 is right -- it is their network. They built it, they own it, they have a right to maintain/configure it as they wish. But it would drive away customers. For example, one of my daughters is in graduate school in Europe and the offerings on Netflix in her host country (England) is so terrible that it is worth it to pay not only for the U.S.-based Netflix subscription but also a U.S.-based VPN subscription. Without that option, she'd just go without. I sent her away with a Raspberry Pi with OpenVPN installed that connects to a VPN subscription she uses, but if that ceases to work, I'll have to see if I can figure out any other way for her to proxy connections through the U.S.
More realistically, I think this is a public statement to satisfy intellectual property holders. We'll stop proxied connections, wink, wink. I suspect there will be always ways to proxy connections into U.S.-based Netflix CDNs.
B23 is right -- it is their network. They built it, they own it, they have a right to maintain/configure it as they wish. But it would drive away customers. For example, one of my daughters is in graduate school in Europe and the offerings on Netflix in her host country (England) is so terrible that it is worth it to pay not only for the U.S.-based Netflix subscription but also a U.S.-based VPN subscription. Without that option, she'd just go without. I sent her away with a Raspberry Pi with OpenVPN installed that connects to a VPN subscription she uses, but if that ceases to work, I'll have to see if I can figure out any other way for her to proxy connections through the U.S.
More realistically, I think this is a public statement to satisfy intellectual property holders. We'll stop proxied connections, wink, wink. I suspect there will be always ways to proxy connections into U.S.-based Netflix CDNs.
I wonder what happened to all those "free" music "sharing" sites that stole musicians work? Oh, wait, here's a short history:
http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2012/01/a-history-of-p2p-sites-being-shut-down/
I have a few friends - one of them had a #1 hit in the 80's, that are all in for prosecuting music and movie pirates.
http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2012/01/a-history-of-p2p-sites-being-shut-down/
I have a few friends - one of them had a #1 hit in the 80's, that are all in for prosecuting music and movie pirates.
LibertyBeacon
Unto dust we shall return
I am not a fan "file sharing" a/k/a theft either. I've never made a living from making music, but I am a fan of music. I own over 5000 releases in all manner of formats and genres. And I understand basic economics: if I want this art form to continue on so I can get enjoyment from it, artists are absolutely going to need to get paid for there artistic output.
Metallica understood this with the Napster flare-up back in the day. They were excoriated and alienated for it by many of their so-called fans. Pathetic.
right because DRM and Sony Root Kits were a good thing .... the problem - as I see it - is the business model changed and content providers didn't
the internet only made 'copying cassette tapes' a global digital issue
IMHO - there should be a similar distribution model - like ASCAP for Radio Stations and other venues that play music publicly [like theme parks]
an 'all you can download, play and share' license method - or if you will a $ 20 a month get out of JAIL Free Card
we don't care how you get it, where you get it ... as long as you pay us $ 20 a month
there are plenty of content out there that is NLA - or only available on the internet - because some fan took the time to rip the content
when a record studio executive states in court it is her companies belief every time a new format comes out ...
... 8-Track to Cassette to CD to MP3 the consumer should 'purchase' a new license aka copy of the media just because
... and consumers should not be allowed to jump on their own from CD to MP3
there is a problem [IMHO]
if I bought a Meatloaf Album in the 1970's aka paid my license fee .... if I can find a digital copy I should not have to pay the record company again
as for the OP it is my Opinion Netfliks is paying some lip service to the content generators while they will block some or many, hard core geeks will always find away to get around 'the man'
it is only when it becomes prolific or main stream there is more of a problem
-personally i thing it is a stupid move, but one they can make ... the whole 'Region' / staggered content release model needs to change
the internet only made 'copying cassette tapes' a global digital issue
IMHO - there should be a similar distribution model - like ASCAP for Radio Stations and other venues that play music publicly [like theme parks]
an 'all you can download, play and share' license method - or if you will a $ 20 a month get out of JAIL Free Card
we don't care how you get it, where you get it ... as long as you pay us $ 20 a month
there are plenty of content out there that is NLA - or only available on the internet - because some fan took the time to rip the content
when a record studio executive states in court it is her companies belief every time a new format comes out ...
... 8-Track to Cassette to CD to MP3 the consumer should 'purchase' a new license aka copy of the media just because
... and consumers should not be allowed to jump on their own from CD to MP3
there is a problem [IMHO]
if I bought a Meatloaf Album in the 1970's aka paid my license fee .... if I can find a digital copy I should not have to pay the record company again
as for the OP it is my Opinion Netfliks is paying some lip service to the content generators while they will block some or many, hard core geeks will always find away to get around 'the man'
it is only when it becomes prolific or main stream there is more of a problem
-personally i thing it is a stupid move, but one they can make ... the whole 'Region' / staggered content release model needs to change
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