The digital content platform continues to take unusual measures due to the falling number of subscribers. Among the new measures to restrict Netflix password sharing, it has been revealed that this is now considered a crime.
The digital content platform continues to take unusual measures due to the falling number of subscribers. Among the new measures to restrict Netflix password sharing, it has been revealed that this is now considered a crime.
Until now, users have preferred to share passwords by opening a joint account. However, the platform has started to take some measures as it continues to lose its gravity.
A new piracy guide has been published by the UK Government's Intellectual Property Office. There are some interesting details in this guide. This detail is related to password sharing on digital content platforms. When we digital content platforms, the first name that comes to mind is Netflix.
According to the guide, watching TV shows, movies and live sports broadcasts without paying the subscription fee is piracy. However, a spokesman confirmed this and made a stated: “There are a number of provisions in criminal and civil law that can be applied in the case of password sharing, where the purpose is to allow a user to access copyrighted works without paying.”