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tensafefrogs | karma 780 | avg karma 4.51 · 2012-06-01 14:14:35

According to the Netflix terms for their affiliate program[1], they won't let you participate in their program if your site includes "illegal activities."

Seems understandable, but maybe if they allowed torrent sites to direct users to them they could help prevent some piracy AND everyone would make some money.

[1] https://signup.netflix.com/Affiliates

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nddrylliog | karma 1318 | avg karma 4.41 · 2012-06-01 14:17:30

Yup, that seems to be a stupid policy.

Anyway, linking to Netflix/others is nice in theory but clutters the interface. Until we find a good solution for that, we won't do it.

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zanny | karma 13629 | avg karma 2.97 · 2012-06-01 16:47:43

It is a defensive posture against the mafia. Netflix is already bent over backwards as movie distributors try to run it into the ground with overt contracts, so they force them to use policies like these because they have the backwards idea that sharing will go away when they put their fingers in their ears and go lalalalala you don't exist.

nddrylliog | karma 1318 | avg karma 4.41 · 2012-06-01 17:05:52

Oh, yes, I can definitely guess the thinking behind it, I'm just saying this thinking is antiquated and doesn't work well in 2012.

veridies | karma 656 | avg karma 2.93 · 2012-06-02 02:09:51+00:00

But if you offer a link to any Watch Instantly-available film in the same frame as the torrent links, I think that would be great. Same with Amazon's and YouTube's streaming movie offerings.

nddrylliog | karma 1318 | avg karma 4.41 · 2012-06-02 06:55:20+00:00

Working with the dexy.tv guy to make that happen for US visitors.

As for the others, there's no much we can do I'm afraid. We'll help where we can, but the offer is too fragmented in Europe right now!

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