The Most Bizarre Law In Each State


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41. Tennessee: Sharing Netflix Passwords

As digital technology aggressively evolves, lawmakers continuously attempt to keep up, leading to incredibly modern but highly bizarre legislation. A specific law in this state makes it a direct criminal offense to share a streaming password, meaning sharing your Netflix login is technically a crime. Drafted with heavy lobbying support from the massive recording and entertainment industries based in Nashville, the law primarily targets computer hackers and massive password-sharing rings that sell bulk access to stolen accounts. However, the broad legislative language technically makes giving your personal password to a friend a punishable theft of digital services.

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