Fueled by economic strife, 2022 was the year that the reality of casual password sharing reared its head as a revenue stopcock for video streaming services. 2023 will be the year of password sharing clampdowns – so strap in, as the fallout is likely to be messy. Starting in the UK, the nation’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) issued a stinging warning to consumers shortly before the new year, by categorizing casual password sharing as illegal. This has not been officially etched into UK law – far from it – but is merely an opinion of the IPO, a UK government agency responsible for IP rights including patents and trademarks. The concern for consumers of course is that the IPO’s judgement…