Chances are, you or someone you know either shares their Netflix and HBO Go passwords or benefits from using someone else’s account.
Bottom line: It’s highly unlikely that Netflix or HBO are going to start coming after users for sharing passwords anytime soon (or ever).
Per Variety, a recent court ruling determined that using someone else’s password for an online service like, say, Netflix or HBO Go, is now technically a violation of federal law.
HBO CEO Richard Plepler and Netflix CEO Reed Hastings have made it clear that they aren’t concerned about you sharing passwords with other people — as Hastings put it earlier this year, Netflix is more likely to gain a new subscriber from password sharing than they are to lose revenue.