When it comes to streaming password sharing, the system owner in question would be the content provider itself, such as Netflix or HBO.
However, thanks to a recent court ruling, leeching off a friend or family member’s streaming password just became something surprising: a federal crime.
If that ever happens, here’s hoping disputes are solved at the user level, and the courts stay out of it.
While they could technically do that, there — at least as things currently stand — would be little incentive to do so.