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by Delk 1808 days ago
IIRC it had something to do with researchers being able to statistically identify Netflix users by using IMDB for comparison.

A Wired article from 2010 [1] suggests it lead to some legal liability risks for Netflix.

[1] https://www.wired.com/2010/03/netflix-cancels-contest/