Spliiit is an online service that enables its users to share the log-in credentials for their online accounts, or to join someone else’s subscription. A user can create a “public share” so all users can see available spots in your subscriptions, or can share their credentials privately.
A Paris Judicial Court ruled that Spliiit has violated the law by engaging in acts of complicity in violating the terms of service, unfair competition, and trademark infringement.
Stakeholders in the case are Apple, Netflix, Disney, which are members of the Motion Picture Association’s legal initiative, the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE). At the time this article was published (June 2, 2026), the Spliiit app was available via the Apple Appstore and via Google Play.
Court validation
According to ACE, the Paris court validated the plaintiffs’ claim that Spliiit is engaging in the practice of illicit password selling.
The practice is not about sharing passwords with family members. It is about the violation of the individual terms of service put forth by each content owner and streaming service. In this case, commercial operators illegally sell or facilitate, without authorization, the sale of existing consumers’ streaming service login credentials, while charging those users a commission for these unauthorized transactions.
In support of that position, the Court held that “the sharing of subscriptions to services offered by Apple, Netflix, and Disney with third parties, engaged exclusively for the purpose of such sharing, constitutes a violation by the holders of these subscriptions of the terms and conditions of the contracts binding them.”
The Court considered that Spliiit substantially altered consumers’ economic behavior with respect to said services by encouraging them to use its platform for connecting individuals for the purpose of sharing subscriptions.
Why it matters
The ACE members initiated this legal action as part of an approach to support the growth of the legal marketplace for creative content, reduce unauthorized access to creative works, protect the hard work and livelihoods of the millions of people who work in the creative economy, and to serve content to consumers in a safe environment without malware.
Piracy Monitor would not be surprised if this would not be the only lawsuit against Spliiit. In addition to enabling the sharing of media accounts, Spliit also enables sharing of AI accounts, journalistic media, music, game and sports accounts. Sharing also extends to cloud accounts such as Dropbox, iCloud and Google One. as well as security and VPN accounts.
Further reading
Statement from the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment on Spliiit ruling. Press release. June 1, 2026. Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE)
