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This provision defines the permitted scope of service use and establishes household as the operational boundary for content access rights. It creates a contractual limitation on content distribution that varies by subscription tier, allowing Netflix to differentiate access rights across plan types.
Under this clause, subscribers may access and share Netflix content with household members, but content access outside the household is prohibited unless the subscriber's specific plan tier authorizes such sharing. The terms condition broader sharing rights on subscription plan selection rather than permitting it universally.
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This provision defines the permitted scope of service use and establishes household as the operational boundary for content access rights. It creates a contractual limitation on content distribution that varies by subscription tier, allowing Netflix to differentiate access rights across plan types.
Under this clause, subscribers may access and share Netflix content with household members, but content access outside the household is prohibited unless the subscriber's specific plan tier authorizes such sharing. The terms condition broader sharing rights on subscription plan selection rather than permitting it universally.
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