Comment: Re:Since when is sharing stealing (Score 1) 221
How is this either bypassing or using without authorization? Definitely *not* bypassing, because a valid user ID/password was used to access the material, with the permission of the subscriber. Without authorization -- a bit trickier, but the user received the access credentials from the subscriber, who cannot simultaneously watch, right? Technically, this would be a violation of the terms of service (assuming, and I'm positive they do, the terms say something like "no sharing of login credentials").
Netflix allows two simultaneous viewers. I don't know if they have to be at the same IP address, because I have never read the terms of service. It's my wife's account and I use her login.
I'm pretty sure the penalty for account sharing would be that your login credentials would no longer work. A criminal charge wouldn't seem likely unless someone was running a commercial operation on a fairly large scale, and I'm not even sure how you would do that.
Netflix allows two simultaneous viewers. I don't know if they have to be at the same IP address, because I have never read the terms of service. It's my wife's account and I use her login.
I'm pretty sure the penalty for account sharing would be that your login credentials would no longer work. A criminal charge wouldn't seem likely unless someone was running a commercial operation on a fairly large scale, and I'm not even sure how you would do that.