3 Count: Shared Passwords

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1: Netflix Warns of Crackdown on Password Sharing

First off today, Wilson Wong and Rob Wile at NBC News reports that that Netflix has announced that it will be launching a global crackdown on password sharing that could impact as many as 100 million households.

The announcement follows news that Netflix lost subscribers for the first time in 10 years, shedding over 200,000 of its over 221 million users. That resulted in a large drop in their stock price, with fears that the shedding of users could continue.

As part of their effort to increase subscriber count, Netflix that it is reversing a permissive policy related to password sharing and instead starting to crack down on password sharing. They began trialing systems in South American countries last month and may begin a broader crackdown soon. Netflix also added that it is looking at offering a lower-cost but ad-supported tier to its plans.

2: MPA Signs New Anti-Piracy Deal Committing to “Rolling Site-Blocking Regime”

Next up today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that, in the Philippines, the Motion Picture Association (MPA) has reached a deal with the local Intellectual Property Office to develop a piracy monitoring system and create a “rolling site-blocking regime” targeting pirate websites.

The move comes almost exactly one year after the Philippines launched its own site-blocking measures, which were a joint effort between both the government and private internet service providers. Now the aim is to improve that process by creating a rolling regime that would make it easier to add and remove sites from the block list.

The details of the memorandum are not known as it has not been made public apart from the MPA’s announcement. This has led to calls for greater transparency in the process, something critics say is severely lacking in both the existing and the planned processes.

3: Santa Ana Council Offers Blistering Rebukes to Police Who Play Disney Songs to Thwart Public Video

Finally today, Roxana Kopetman at The Press-Telegram reports that the Santa Ana City Council has issued a strong rebuke of its local police department following news that officers were playing Disney songs in a bid to prevent their actions being livestreamed or uploaded to video sharing websites.

The story broke last week as several people videos showed Santa Ana police offers loudly playing Disney music to frustrate those recording them. One of the city council members, Johnathan Hernandez, was at the scene in person and repeatedly questioned the officers about why they were playing the music. They eventually admitted to him that it was an attempt to make videos of them a copyright infringement.

Hernandez raised the issue with the larger city council, leading to the rebuke. The council has also instructed the city manager to draft an official policy to address the right of the public to film the police.

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