Tennessee to Criminalize Sharing Netflix Passwords, Moonshine Still Legal | Death and Taxes
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The Tennessean reported today that legislation will be enacted, pending the governor’s signature, that will criminalize the sharing of passwords to services such as Netflix or Rhapsody.
Recording executives are lobbying for the legislation, as music industry revenues have declined nearly 50% over the past decade.
Nashville, Tennessee is the epicenter of the country music world, the last remaining genre of music where fans pick up CDs as opposed to illegally downloading music or eschewing full-length album purchases for 99-cent singles from iTunes.