Netflix: VPN crackdown claims 'false', says executive

Netflix has been accused of leading a crackdown against VPN to appease the anger Studios

Netflix has criticized "false" it was reported crack down on clients with a workaround to watch blocked in their media of the region.

The company has denied reports that she had stepped block their attempts to access virtual private networks (VPN).

Netflix said its policy against the use of VPN to geographic barriers to bypass content remained unchanged.

But he says his service work still some VPNs.

"The claims that we change our VPN bad policy," said Netflix Chief Executive Officer Neil Hunt product.

At the Consumer Electronics Show this year (CES) in Las Vegas, he said. "People who are using a VPN, our service will be out of the area he still works as it always has done"

He was speaking in response to widespread allegations according to which popular media streaming company had unhappy uses a VPN clients repression at the request of the studio started in their license agreements ignored.

They followed complaints from Netflix users on Reddit, who no longer work their normal VPN configurations.

Netflix said it regularly to block the technical solutions "industry standard", but it was not made any special effort to more of them than the usual block.

'Failsafe'

According to Cnet, Mr Hunt said that the company has added to its Android application a "fail-safe" to users who help their reliable DNS provider.

"It is not intended to steer people away from the VPN, it is intended to make the application more robust if you do not have your own DNS provider," he said.

"The reality is that we experienced in our contracts VPN content Blacklist - .. Foxtel, for example, a house of cards in Australia, making them one way we are blocking but we will not change our policy remains the same was. "

BBC examine its remarks with Netflix, adding: "Explain our Terms of Use that you do not exceed the limits as well as because of content licensing systems can."

Blocks

A spokesman told the BBC that the company used the industry standard technology to prevent users there, and that contrary to reports, it is not changed recently, as he did.

Netflix believes that the end of the traditional system, are among the movies and television for the sold sorted by geographic region.

To ensure that the scope of this license are met, the blocks must be installed. For example, hardware products such as DVD players have been designed to be designated by the same media-compatible geographic region.

But, as these forms began studios increasingly rely heavily on geographic blocks using the client IP address.

, VPN, however, make the user sees in the country they want to help as a barrier.

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