[AusNOG] Netflix coming to Australia

[Geordie Guy]

On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 3:03 PM, Joseph Goldman <joe at apcs.com.au> wrote:

>  The problem with this though is it is still technically illegal is it
> not? The rights are not for distribution in AU so you are kind of breaking
> copyright just as much as a torrent?
>

1) Infringing copyright is not a criminal offence in Australia unless it
meets various secondary criteria.  Commercial scale, public display,
advertising and infringing work, circumvent technology protection measure
etc.

2) The rights for distribution are a matter between Netflix and other
parties who provide them content under an agreement which includes that
they not distribute it to Australia.  If they do, that's a matter for them
versus their content producers, not between them and their subscribers.  It
is a violation of Netflix ToS to access the site outside of the licensed
area, so under that ToS they could cancel your account.  I'm sure they are
actively investing in ways of cancelling 200,000 subscribers in Australia
and forgoing $1.4m in revenue a month.



> I suppose the only moral standpoint is you are providing money to someone
> which is likely to end up in the content owner getting *some* return, but
> its only a small moral victory and still not 'legitimate'.
>

Not sure what legitimate in this context means. Bottom line is they are not
planning a service here because they basically already are and were they to
do so officially would upset heaps of people they do business with.


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> On 26/05/14 14:55, Geordie Guy wrote:
>
>  Unblock-us.com is $5 a month and Netflix is $7 a month.  That's what I
> do, $14 a month. I don't know how much that particular Unblock-Us solution
> makes up of the up-to 200,000 Australian subscribers who choose to purchase
> a Netflix subscription because there's heaps of other options, but it works
> for me and took approximately 8 seconds to set up.
>
>
>  G
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