OTT Password Sharing: Netflix is suffering a lot due to password sharing. Netflix has been working for a long time to solve this. In such a situation, there is relief news for Netflix and bad news for those who share the password of OTT. A new report has claimed that action can be taken soon on those who share the password of Netflix, Disney + Hotstar and Amazon Prime Video. Although this action will not be in India but in the UK.
TorrentFreak reports that the British Intellectual Property Office’s updated privacy guidelines state that “password sharing on streaming services”, which includes many popular platforms such as Disney+, may be legally considered breaking copyright law. can be considered as an act.
IPO Answer
When IPO was contacted for clarification on this news about password sharing, the agency said, “There are several provisions in criminal and civil law that may apply in case of password sharing where the intention is to infringe copyright without payment to the intended user.” to allow access to protected works.” These provisions may include breach of contract, fraud or secondary copyright infringement, depending on the circumstances. ,
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Netflix will take extra charge on extra members
According to the new UK norms, anyone sharing the password of a streaming service in the UK can be prosecuted for fraud and/or infringement of copyright law. Netflix had earlier announced that it would monetize accounts that share passwords from next year. The company had said that it would start charging accounts that share their passwords with ‘extra members’ from next year.
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