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Austrian here. We suffer from a severely restricted library on Netflix, but there is a loophole: If you connect via a VPN in another country (e.g. US, Switzerland, Netherlands, Germany,..), you can view the country's respective content. Very clever of them :)
In Germany and Switzerland (not sure about Austria) it's legal to download (not legal to upload): - http://thepiratebay.se/ - Or, if above is blocked: http://194.71.107.80/
How will Europe's ISPs react to the bandwidth increase? Better than the USA? Or will they also pressure netflix for a cut?
As far as I know, they've had little trouble in the UK (where they peer at LINX) or Ireland (where they peer at INEX); I'd expect similar arrangements in the new countries.
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Yes, English is always available, plus localized sound and subtitles where available. E.g. Austria & Germany have English & German tracks, while Netherlands only have English audio and English and Dutch subtitles.
Cool! is also possible somehow to had additional subtitles languages ?
It seems that House of Cards is not available in Switzerland and France (at least French part) because a French TV channel got the rights. Pretty sad. Source : http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/7d197506-3ef1-11e4-a188-24a0... (in French and paywalled, just change your UA to Googlebot)
Pretty sure they need to treat all EU citizens the same.
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In Germany and Switzerland (not sure about Austria) it's legal to download (not legal to upload): - http://thepiratebay.se/ - Or, if above is blocked: http://194.71.107.80/
If you're torrenting you're likely uploading too…
Austrian here. We suffer from a severely restricted library on Netflix, but there is a loophole: If you connect via a VPN in another country (e.g. US, Switzerland, Netherlands, Germany,..), you can view the country's respective content. Very clever of them :)
In Germany and Switzerland (not sure about Austria) it's legal to download (not legal to upload): - http://thepiratebay.se/ - Or, if above is blocked: http://194.71.107.80/
The strength of Netflix (and Spotify, Steam...) is that they offer a service that is more convenient, and offers more value, than just downloading the torrent, at least for a large number of users.
I hope they are successful in Europe as well, although the limited library will surely be a problem.
Sounds like a big multi-country European launch should be a good thing, but their stock's really nose dived this week. Anyone know why?
How will Europe's ISPs react to the bandwidth increase? Better than the USA? Or will they also pressure netflix for a cut?
It seems that House of Cards is not available in Switzerland and France (at least French part) because a French TV channel got the rights. Pretty sad. Source : http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/7d197506-3ef1-11e4-a188-24a0... (in French and paywalled, just change your UA to Googlebot)
As an EU citizen aren't you allowed to register for the UK netflix service? Pretty sure they need to treat all EU citizens the same.