Legal questions aside, Gowd may be losing access to accounts from Netflix and other services in the foreseeable future. The writing may be on the wall for account sharing “We rely on our sellers' knowledge for the listed account’s limitations and restrictions, including the ability to sublicense or resell another’s services, prior to posting,” he told Protocol this week, adding that he wasn’t legally liable for content posted by his users. Most streaming services have similar language in their fine print, with Spotify even explicitly telling subscribers that the company doesn’t allow any “selling, renting, sublicensing, leasing or other monetization” of its service.Īsked about this, Shah pled ignorance.
“The Netflix service and any content accessed through our service are for your personal and non-commercial use only and may not be shared with individuals beyond your household,” the company states in its terms of use. The market leader did a 180 earlier this year, announcing it would soon begin to crack down on the estimated 100 million households that watch Netflix without paying for it.Įven before that change in tune, Netflix already advised its subscribers that they weren’t allowed to share their accounts. While services like Netflix were growing, they often tacitly allowed sharing of accounts among friends and family members. Most services don’t allow account sharingĪccount sharing has long been a subject no one in the entertainment industry was willing to talk about. Spotify and Hulu didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
A Netflix spokesperson declined to comment when contacted for this story.
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