This past week, Netflix unsuccessfully lost a court case over the topic of its subscription costs. The case inherently eliminated price hikes for its subscribers, as well as issued a portion of refunds.

With ironic timing, this case happened to be just two weeks after Netflix raised its subscription fees for the second time in just over a year. As your standard ad-free plan is already up to $19.99 per month in the United States, the court case actually comes from Rome (Netflix Italia). According to Variety, the normalization of Netflix’s price increases isn’t flying in Italy, where it is deemed unlawful. The court ruled that Netflix violated local regulations and implied that some of the affected subscribers should be allotted refunds.

With an appeal on the horizon for Netflix, they shared a statement saying, “At Netflix, our members come first. We take consumer rights very seriously, and we believe our terms have always been in line with Italian law and practices.”

Within the Rome court, they are stating that Netflix is directly violating Italy’s national consumer code, and that Netflix should be penalized. This specific code imposes a strict law against companies unilaterally changing prices with little to no reasons.

With 90 days to comply, and the ball in Netflix’s court, the Rome court insisted on publishing the ruling on Netflix Italia’s website and the top newspapers. This ruling will make an impact after other countries whom have already brought Netflix to court under the similar circumstances.