1 in 5 Young Adults Are Using Someone Else’s Netflix, HBO Go Passwords, and It Costs the…

photo: Paul Sakuma, AP

A new report by Parks Associates Research and cited by the Consumerist, shows that 6% of US households are using someone else’s account to watch a streaming-video service (think HBO Go, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime)—and that programming pilfering will cost the industry $500 million this year. – Jenn Gidman, Newser