We've reached out to Netflix to verify what it's doing, and whether or not you can expect these blocks to persist or expand in the future. However, the online media firm might not have much of a choice. As TorrentFreak notes, movie and TV producers want Netflix to stop "VPN-pirates" who they believe are depriving them of a livelihood. The company may have to prove that it's at least trying to prevent you from watching out-of-region content in order to maintain deals with nervous media giants, even if those restrictions aren't really effective. We'd argue that the best solution would be to offer that content worldwide (imagine that!), but you probably shouldn't expect that to happen any time soon.

Update: Netflix tells us that there's been "no change" in the way it handles VPNs, so you shouldn't have to worry about the company getting tough any time soon. With that said, these blocking errors started showing up in the past few weeks, so it's not clear what would have prompted them.