Netflix, meanwhile, abandoned its plan to split its DVD-by-mail service into a separate business named Qwikster as part of a new pricing structure that upset some of its users.

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By counting each e-mail sent by a white-collar wrongdoer as a separate case of wire fraud, prosecutors can threaten him with a gargantuan sentence unless he confesses, or informs on his boss.

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However, the privacy mode requires a separate mail and address book app designed by Fujitsu, rather than the default email program and address book provided by the carrier.

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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings announced Sunday that the company would separate its DVD and streaming services, dubbing the DVD-by-mail service Qwikster but allowing the streaming service to retain the Netflix name and brand.

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The stock, of course, has been plagued by a combination of a poorly received price hike and an ill-conceived (and quickly canceled) plan to separate the company into two businesses, one to rent DVDs by mail and the other to stream video digitally.

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If Netflix simply started offering by-mail rentals of games, that probably would have been something for Gamefly to really fear, but the split of the company between streaming and by-mail makes it a lot less formidable, as now customers have to use a new, separate service for mail rentals, and hell, they might as well sign up for the battle-tested Gamefly at that point, right?

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