You know those proxies and unblockers that you’ve been using to stream shows on the American version of Netflix? Well, Netflix is onto you, and recently put a post on their website saying they’re not going to allow users to go about streaming like that anymore.
The wrote: “If all of our content were globally available, there wouldn’t be a reason for members to use proxies or “unblockers” to fool our systems into thinking they’re in a different country than they’re actually in. We are making progress in licensing content across the world… but we have a ways to go before we can offer people the same films and TV series everywhere… Over time, we anticipate being able to do so. For now, given the historic practice of licensing content by geographic territories, the TV shows and movies we offer differ, to varying degrees, by territory. In the meantime, we will continue to respect and enforce content licensing by geographic location… Some members use proxies or “unblockers” to access titles available outside their territory. To address this, we employ the same or similar measures other firms do. This technology continues to evolve and we are evolving with it. That means in coming weeks, those using proxies and unblockers will only be able to access the service in the country where they currently are. We are confident this change won’t impact members not using proxies.”
Netflix is currently available in 190 countries across the globe.
