Netflix and similar streaming platforms, including Amazon Prime and Disney+, still want you to love them, but password sharing?UK Government Declares Password Sharing IllegalSince password sharing is almost always a violation of streaming services’ terms of service, observers have tended to paint it as such.Password Sharing is Illegal & Potentially CriminalFraud has been the key charge in several big UK piracy cases over the last few years, despite the key offenses having a direct link to copyright law.“These provisions may include breach of contractual terms, fraud or secondary copyright infringement depending on the circumstances.”Given that using the “services of a members’ club without paying and without being a member” is cited as an example of fraud in the UK, the bar for criminality is set very low, unless the Crown Prosecution Service decides otherwise, of course.So-called ‘terms of service’ are part of the agreement when people subscribe to a streaming service like Netflix."