Stealing involves depriving someone of something. If I'm paying for a Netflix account that allows for 3 simultaneous streams and I decide to let 2 other people (e.g. your kid who's away at college) use the 2 streams that
I'm not using but paid for, that's not stealing. The account is not being used any more than what it allows for (3 simultaneous streams). Netflix isn't losing anything that hasn't been paid for.
There is zero difference between (A) 3 simultaneous streams taking play under one roof/address and (B) 3 simultaneous streams occurring under 3 different roofs/addresses except for where the streaming is taking place. 3 streams were paid for and no more than 3 streams are being used at any one time.
As for you thinking their
"Love is sharing a password" tweet was a joke,
it was not.
Let's all breathe a sigh of relief: If you share a Netflix password, you're safe to keep using it for now, the CEO said on Monday.
www.cnbc.com
"Password sharing is something you have to learn to live with, because there’s so much legitimate password sharing, like you sharing with your spouse, with your kids .... so there’s no bright line, and we’re doing fine as is."
Don't worry about lending your Netflix password. CEO Reed Hastings says sharing entertainment is a good thing.
www.cnet.com
"We love people sharing Netflix," CEO Reed Hastings said Wednesday at the Consumer Electronics Show here in Las Vegas. "That's a positive thing, not a negative thing."