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Ask HN: Why is Paypal able to block Netflix VPN providers?
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Re: Ask HN: Why is Paypal able to block Netflix VPN providers?
#2paypal can provide a service to whoever they like, im sure their Terms and Conditions leave a lot of wiggle room where they need it but I imagine they will use a clause to prevent piracy, Netflix has rights to stuff in certain geographic areas, to bypass those limitations probably falls foul of DMCA or at least could fall foul of DMCA so to prevent them from facing any sort of legal challenge they will stop servicing these companies, I expect if you advertise yourself as a means of bypassing netflix restrictions you will come up on their radar a lot faster than if you are just a VPN provider.
Re: Ask HN: Why is Paypal able to block Netflix VPN providers?
#3paypal can provide a service to whoever they like, im sure their Terms and Conditions leave a lot of wiggle room where they need it but I imagine they will use a clause to prevent piracy, Netflix has rights to stuff in certain geographic areas, to bypass those limitations probably falls foul of DMCA or at least could fall foul of DMCA so to prevent them from facing any sort of legal challenge they will stop servicing…
> paypal can provide a service to whoever they like
In Europe Paypal is a bank, can they do that there too?
Re: Ask HN: Why is Paypal able to block Netflix VPN providers?
#4paypal can provide a service to whoever they like, im sure their Terms and Conditions leave a lot of wiggle room where they need it but I imagine they will use a clause to prevent piracy, Netflix has rights to stuff in certain geographic areas, to bypass those limitations probably falls foul of DMCA or at least could fall foul of DMCA so to prevent them from facing any sort of legal challenge they will stop servicing…
> paypal can provide a service to whoever they like In Europe Paypal is a bank, can they do that there too?
I Europe PayPal is not a bank.
But banks can refuse customers in Europe same as Visa or Mastercard can refuse to do business with someone.
Re: Ask HN: Why is Paypal able to block Netflix VPN providers?
#5Earlier quoted context omitted.
> paypal can provide a service to whoever they like In Europe Paypal is a bank, can they do that there too?
I Europe PayPal is not a bank. But banks can refuse customers in Europe same as Visa or Mastercard can refuse to do business with someone.
"Since July 2007, PayPal has operated across the European Union as a Luxembourg-based bank." -- wikipedia