{"id":3031,"date":"2015-01-08T01:18:28","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T06:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=3031"},"modified":"2015-01-12T01:15:25","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T06:15:25","slug":"netflix-streaming-from-overseas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2015\/01\/08\/netflix-streaming-from-overseas","title":{"rendered":"Netflix &#038; streaming from overseas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"New 37&quot; LCD by Colin Charles, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/byte\/405463898\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/153\/405463898_2b6bee84f7_m.jpg?resize=240%2C180&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"New 37&quot; LCD\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>It is disappointing reading that <a href=\"http:\/\/torrentfreak.com\/netflix-cracks-down-on-vpn-and-proxy-pirates-150103\/\">Netflix is cracking down on VPN and proxy \u201cpirates\u201d<\/a>. This is how odd the movie industry has it when it comes to thinking about licensing \u2013 after all, people are subscribing to Netflix for $8.99 and then getting onto a VPN service like Unotelly from anywhere between $4.95-$7.95\/mo.<\/p>\n<p>Effectively due to the movie industry\u2019s idiotic practices, foreign viewers are already willing to pay almost double in \u201ctaxes\u201d to the VPN provider.<\/p>\n<p>Where will these people turn to when Netflix stops streaming them movies? Torrents. Who loses when those offering to pay use torrents? The movie industry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2015\/jan\/09\/why-netflix-wont-block-vpn-users\">Why Netflix won\u2019t block VPN users &#8211; it has too many of them<\/a>. Apparently the numbers are in excess of 30 million subscribers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Netflix%20%26%20streaming%20from%20overseas&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2015%2F01%2F08%2Fnetflix-streaming-from-overseas&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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This is how odd the movie industry has it when it comes to thinking about licensing \u2013 after all, people are subscribing to Netflix for $8.99 and then getting onto a VPN service like Unotelly from anywhere between $4.95-$7.95\/mo. 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