Netflix to Shut Down Proxy Users Who Bypass Country Restrictions
- 8 years ago
Netflix, which now offers streaming service in some 190 nations, says it’s going to bring the hammer down on people who circumvent country-based content licensing restrictions using proxies or “unblockers.”
Within the next few weeks, Netflix subscribers using proxies and unblockers will only be able to access the service in the country where they are currently located, VP of content delivery architecture David Fullagar wrote in a blog post.
Netflix’s terms of use explicitly forbid the use of proxies or other bypass mechanisms.
But that hasn’t stopped millions of consumers from turning to proxies to get around that rule.
More than 30 million users accessed the service monthly from countries where Netflix had not yet launched.
Of those, 21.6 million were in China — a massive market where Netflix faces several hurdles — the firm estimated.
Within the next few weeks, Netflix subscribers using proxies and unblockers will only be able to access the service in the country where they are currently located, VP of content delivery architecture David Fullagar wrote in a blog post.
Netflix’s terms of use explicitly forbid the use of proxies or other bypass mechanisms.
But that hasn’t stopped millions of consumers from turning to proxies to get around that rule.
More than 30 million users accessed the service monthly from countries where Netflix had not yet launched.
Of those, 21.6 million were in China — a massive market where Netflix faces several hurdles — the firm estimated.