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Netflix may be moving to stop users sharing passwords

Netflix is dabbling with more strictly enforcing its rule against sharing passwords with people living elsewhere. Several users lost access.

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Along with Ma Rainey and Mamie Smith, singer Bessie Smith helped pioneer the genre of blues music and propel it into popular culture. Her early death at the age of 43 cut short a career that influenced the direction of American music and contributed to the success of African Americans in the

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