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Netflix restricts password sharing in India

Platform gets flak for re-releasing ‘Titanic’, just days after the Titan tourist submersible sank, killing all five onboard

OUR BUREAU “Your Netflix account is for you and the peo-
ple you live with your household,” Netflix said in an
Los Angeles, CA
email to U.S. customers.
treaming Giant, Netflix, on Thursday an- Recently, Netflix was slammed for re-releas-
nounced that it has ended password shar- ing James Cameron’s iconic film ‘Titanic’, just days
Sing in India, stating that only members of a after the Titan tourist submersible sank, killing all
household will be able to access a single account. five onboard.
According to a statement from Netflix, only Five passengers on the submersible named Ti-
members living within the same household will be tan, which was diving 13,000 feet to view the ship-
allowed to access a single account. However, all wreck of the British passenger liner Titanic which
members within the household will enjoy the flex- had sunk in the North Atlantic Ocean in the year
ibility of using Netflix wherever they are - be it at 1912, died in a “catastrophic implosion,” US Coast
home, while travelling, or on holiday. The compa- Guard authorities confirmed on Thursday (local
ny is also introducing exciting new features such as Furthermore, Netflix now allows paying cus- time) last week, CNN reported.
Transfer Profile and Manage Access and Devices tomers to add an extra member from outside their After an extraordinary five-day international
to enhance user experience, as per the Mashable household, albeit at an additional monthly expense. search operation near the site of the world’s most
website. To make the process easier, members can transfer famous shipwreck, the tail cone and other debris of
To ensure compliance with this policy, Net- a person’s profile while keeping viewing history the submersible were found by a remotely operated
flix is sending out emails to customers found to be and personalised recommendations, the Mashable vehicle about 1,600 feet from the bow of the Titanic
sharing their Netflix accounts with people outside website reported. on the ocean floor about 900 east of Cape Cod in
their household in India. The restrictions on pass- Earlier in May, Netflix said that it is launching Massachusetts.
word sharing were previously implemented in more its crackdown on illicit password sharing to its big- The Washington Post cited experts to report
than 100 countries, including significant markets gest market, the U.S., angling to squeeze a bigger that the company was operating in a legal gray area
like the United States, Britain, France, Germany, chunk of change from customers who share their out at sea, where the American-made submersible
Australia, Singapore, Mexico, and Brazil, accord- logins with friends and family outside their house- was launched from a Canadian vessel into interna-
ing to Mashable website. holds, Variety reported. tional waters.

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