Netflix Announces Crackdown on VPN and Proxy Pirates

For those utilizing VPNs, proxies and unblocking tools to access geo-restricted content on Netflix, the party may soon be over. According to an announcement by the company’s Vice President of Content Delivery Architecture, people using such services will face new roadblocks in the coming weeks.While increasing numbers of people are becoming tuned in to the joys of Netflix, growing numbers of subscribers are discovering a whole new world of content beyond what the service offers them as standard.Netflix serves healthy libraries of content to many regions, but users in countries such as the United States getaccess to far more content than those located elsewhere. Likewise, not all European countries are served equally, with citizens of Italy falling short on content offered in the UK, for example.
https://torrentfreak.com/netflix-announces-crackdown-on-vpn-and-proxy-pirates-160114/Also see:Netflix cracking down on VPNs, proxies
Netflix announced it plans to block VPN connections in the upcoming feature, as part of its licensing deals it has set up in place with different content providers.
http://leadercall.com/2016/01/netflix-cracking-down-on-vpns-proxies/Netflix shutting off proxy access to US version
Netflix are cracking down on “unblocker” proxies used to circumvent geographic restrictions and watch American content.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/75920775/netflix-shutting-off-proxy-access-to-us-versionNetflix says it wants to block proxies and VPNs. Can it?
ANALYSIS: The news that Netflix is cracking down on people circumventing their geographic restrictions has been met with a lot of anguish, and a lot of scepticism.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/75935460/netflix-says-it-wants-to-block-proxies-and-vpns-can-it