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According to a UK government agency, sharing your Netflix login or using someone else’s to access streaming services may be against the law. Netflix has said that they would start cracking down on the practice in early 2023, which may come as yet another blow to the numerous users who share passwords (certainly not us though…).
According to a BBC story, the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) declared on Tuesday that password sharing violates copyright regulations on both a criminal and civil level, and that businesses like Netflix may choose to sue violators in court. Though they made it clear to the BBC that it is still true, the company has never voiced this wish, and the IPO has subsequently withdrawn the remark.
According to an IPO spokeswoman who talked to the BBC, “there are a variety of prohibitions in criminal and civil law which may be applicable in the situation of password sharing where the goal is to let a user to access copyright-protected material without payment.”
According to the situation, “These clauses may include fraud, secondary copyright infringement, or breach of contractual conditions.”
The announcement comes as Netflix gets ready to implement new measures to prevent password sharing, including the possibility of giving shared users a code that must be entered before they can log in. These codes are expected to cost an additional fee, which is currently around $3 in countries where the measure is being tested, according to reports.
