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Originally Posted by opendoor
Where do you draw the line though? Is something like using a VPN for US Netflix piracy? Yeah someone who does that is paying for the service, but the rights holders aren't being compensated for it being viewed in Canada. Is that stealing? Or my friend who cancelled cable and uses unblock.us to get Blue Jays games with MLB.tv, is that stealing?
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I am not going to claim to be lily white on the VPN issue. I am on a VPN almost exclusively so I can access US Netflix. But I am still paying for Netflix. I get there are Canadian laws (######ed ones at that) that demand I watch a certain amount of Beachcombers and Mr D episodes a la "A clockwork Orange" style, and that I do not agree with. Is it a questionable grey area? sure. Is it illegal however? No. VPNs are not illegal, stealing movies and games is.
But at the end of the day, I am still paying for my services. My VPN membership is 80 bucks a year or something, and I still pay the monthly Netflix fee. Nobody is getting shafted.