Netflix Plans to Begin Blocking VPN Proxies' Access to Its Systems

Netflix plans to begin blocking virtual private network proxy servers in the next few weeks from accessing the company’s systems. It said Thursday that the VPN blocking signals its willingness to “continue to respect and enforce” geography-based content licensing. “We are making progress in licensing content across the world and, as of last week, now offer the Netflix service in 190 countries, but we have a ways to go before we can offer people the same films and TV series everywhere,” said Vice President-Content Delivery Architecture David Fullagar in a blog post. “Over time, we anticipate being able to do so.” Netflix’s announcement came days after CEO Reed Hastings effectively endorsed consumers’ sharing of their Netflix account information as a “positive thing” during CES.