TheHill reports that Netflix is schduled to testify next Tuesday against the Video Privacy Protection Act, which is holding up rolling out Facebook sharing in the U.S. (it's available outside of the U.S. to Netflix subscribers).
Netflix will testify on a law prevents it from sharing information on users' video rental history at a hearing next Tuesday in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee's subcommitee on Technology, Privacy and the Law.
Subpanel Chairman Al Franken (D-Minn.) released a witness list Wednesday for the hearing on the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) that includes Netflix general counsel David Hyman, University of Minnesota Law School Professor William McGeveran and Electronic Privacy Information Center Executive Director Marc Rotenberg.
Netflix is being foolish.
Posted by: Judy_ | January 29, 2012 at 08:29 AM
Yes they are if they really just want to allow US to choose what WE want to share then they would just set it up the way hulu does allowing us to share when we favorite something or add it to our queue. It's not that hard. *ponders what Netflix really wants to do with our information*
Posted by: Donald | January 29, 2012 at 08:34 PM
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Posted by: swarovski uk | January 29, 2012 at 10:53 PM
Not only Hulu, but iMDb, as well. I have voluntarily set up iMDb so that whenever I rate a title, it automatically appears on Facebook. It's a feature I wanted, I use, I like, and, judging by the comments, my Facebook Friends like as well.
Netflix has always stated, if you don't want it, you can easily opt out.
This seems to be the closest thing Netflix will do to get their Netflix Friends system back. Seeing what my "Friends" have rated a movie was one of my favorite features of Netflix, even more so when it had the "Two Cent Mini-Reviews". You could click on a title and immediately see what your Friends rated a title, and if they left a review, you could see that, too.
Posted by: Walt D in LV | January 31, 2012 at 02:22 AM
Yes Netflix is being very foolish :P
Posted by: Free MW3 | January 31, 2012 at 09:30 PM
"Yes they are if they really just want to allow US to choose what WE want to share then they would just set it up the way hulu does allowing us to share when we favorite something or add it to our queue. It's not that hard. *ponders what Netflix really wants to do with our information*"
I think the reason they won't share it without changing the laws was because blockbuster got sued for sharing information on facebook, even though you had to opt-in, because it violated the Video Privacy Protection Act of 1998 because they didn't obtain written permission to share their information.
It's an outdated law, plain and simple, and I look forward to when we can share what we watch on facebook, or not, if I so choose.
Posted by: Groggie | January 31, 2012 at 11:49 PM