As WarnerMedia reveals new details regarding the pricing/release date of HBO Max and the growing lineup of original content, the company is also revealing more about how it plans to tackle one of the more difficult problems facing streaming services - what to do about all the subscribers who share their passwords with friends and family?

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The good news is that WarnerMedia seems to have no immediate plan of cracking down on password sharing, much less taking legal action against subscribers. The bad news is that the company is taking this practice into account and may start pricing the HBO Max service accordingly. Long story short - expect to start paying more if your password is being shared among several friends and family members.WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey addressed this thorny topic during today's HBO Max presentation. "I think the industry has an issue - what’s the right balance of people being exposed to the product and giving them the value where they want to come in and experience it?" Stankey said. "Maybe distributors will start to be more in tune with what’s going on. I don’t think we’re going to get to a punitive environment [like the music industry], lawsuits being filed against folks, but I do believe the technology’s starting to get better to start paying attention to extensive abuse - when we see 14 locations logged into HBO on a Sunday night with 16 different streams going, we’re aware of those things. As growth taps out, I think the industry will come up with a method that’s a bit more rigorous.Otter Media CEO Tony Goncalves elaborated on that point. "You’re starting to see tiers of the service that limit concurrent usage, grow concurrent usage and adapt pricing to that. You’re gonna start seeing device registration to start tailoring offers, but it is a balancing act and you don’t want it to be punitive because you do want to see consumers engaging with the content.The silver lining is that WarnerMedia is going all-out in trying to convince users to sign up for this new streaming service. Among the numerous HBO Max exclusives announced at today's presentation were a Greg Berlanti-produced Green Lantern series , a Game of Thrones prequel called House of the Dragon and all 23 seasons of South Park . We also learned that Joaquin Phoenix's Joker movie will be available to stream at launch For more on what this streaming service has to offer, here's everything coming to HBO Max

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