Legislation that would allow services such as Netflix to facilitate “frictionless sharing” of a user’s viewing history via Facebook or other online services is awaiting President Obama’s signature. The U.S. Senate passed the update to the 1988 law late last week; the same bill cleared the House days earlier. Although Netflix and Facebook have a global integration agreement in force, users in the U.S. haven’t been able to take advantage of frictionless sharing of their viewing histories. They can share — but they must give permission for each video.
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Bill Loosens Rules for Sharing What You've Watched on Netflix
Posted by: Peter Suciu December 28, 2012 07:00 AMLegislation that would allow services such as Netflix to facilitate “frictionless sharing” of a user’s viewing history via Facebook or other online services is awaiting President Obama’s signature. The U.S. Senate passed the update to the 1988 law late last week; the same bill cleared the House days earlier. Although Netflix and Facebook have a global integration agreement in force, users in the U.S. haven’t been able to take advantage of frictionless sharing of their viewing histories. They can share — but they must give permission for each video.