Bad News about Netflix
Goaty
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That they will block Netflix viewers if they watch US version of Netflix on International DNS, which I did, bye bye Netflix USA as they got all films & TV series in Subtitles which UK version dont got! 
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/netflix-is-blocking-international-streamers-who-use-vpns-to-access-the-us-version-9956469.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/netflix-is-blocking-international-streamers-who-use-vpns-to-access-the-us-version-9956469.html
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PS3, XBOX, and others should be running just as normal, for now at least. Even if they do get shut down, you should still be able to enter the DNS info in the router, unless they blacklist the actual DNS numbers.
These companies force people into piracy! just give the subscribers what they want and they wont stray. Simple as!
I use Hola. If I can't access US Netflix I'll cancel, UK is mince.
If they gave the subscribers what they want - thousands of hours of content that cost literally billions to make for a fiver a month - the entire industry would collapse.
Not really short sighted.
It'll be down to the contracts Netfkix has, if they don't have the rights to the content outside of the U,S, they will be expected to take reasonable steps to ensure they don't step on the toes of the legitimate rights holders in the other countries.
Failure to do so can/will result in some rights owners either refusing to deal with Netflix, or charging more to cover the potential cost of lost revenue from other licensing territories.
They will be far more worried about that happening (and losing their U.S. subscribers who want that at risk content), than losing some customers in other parts of the world.
I'll admit it's bad news and annoying for people that were using international access, but contractually it'll be about the only thing Netflix can do and covered in the T&C users sign up for. Although I'm slightly surprised that Netflix don't already limit U.S. access to accounts both accessing from and U,S, IP, and using a valid U.S. postal/billing address and card
Yep. The stupid buggers will only hurt themselves by losing a lot of customers if that happens.
Edit: After reading some of the post above mine, it could be that Netflix has been pressured by the industry into blocking outside connections that try to access content that isn't allowed to be viewed outside of America until a certain amount of time has passed.
http://netflixukvsusa.blogspot.com/2015/01/alphabetical-list-j-sun-jan-4-2015.html#more
It looks as if the problem is that Sky among others have broadcast rights for many of the films/series that Netflix US show.
3,453 films is a LOT for a streaming site like Netflix.
http://torrentfreak.com/netflix-cracks-down-on-vpn-and-proxy-pirates-150103/
Edit ~ The Independent link in the OP is using the above torrentfreak article for reference.
I didn't initially click it
In the grand scheme of things.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/03/netflix-clamps-down-on-vpns/
They probably are. Never mind the fact how stupid it sounds.
This. It really is a "First world problem". To be honest I've only just started to watch Netflix and am quite impressed with what is on it. Wouldn't have a clue how to watch the American version and to be honest I've got a busy enough life and find more than enough on my Sky box to never need to worry about this major problem
Torrents can take too long and by the time it is downloaded you may not want to see the film at that time. Cinemas are too expensive and to be honest I do not really want to go into our new Odeon, also a lot of older films and other content that would not be shown in the cinema now anyway.