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While Netflix says you can't, you can actually watch a different country's Netflix library with your existing Netflix account. Then, once again, US Netflix users will be able to watch Star Wars, but Indian users will not. ![]() However, some other distributors might offer a higher price for the Indian territorial license or perhaps already have the license. If Netflix's research shows an interest in Star Wars in both the US and India, it will then bid for the territorial license for both regions. So, US Netflix users will be able to watch Star Wars, but Indian Netflix users will not. If Netflix's research shows an interest in Star Wars in the US but not in India, then it will buy the Star Wars territorial license for the US but not for India. For the sake of an example, let's talk about Star Wars.Īs a distributor (yes, streaming content counts as "distributing"), Netflix has to decide if enough people in the US, the UK, India, and other regions will watch Star Wars to recover the expense of buying the rights. Naturally, the highest bidder wins the rights. So, they license their creation to different content distributors in different parts of the world. ![]() The producers of any movie or TV show want to maximize profits from their product. According to Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, the Netflix library or catalog differs in each country because of territorial licensing.
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