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Originally Posted by pylon
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.
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You are still violating copyright law by accessing content in a country which you are not licensed to access it, given the subscription you have and the licensing fees that Netflix paid to the content provider.
If that content provider wanted to distribute that content in Canada, they would do so, and receive extra money from Netflix for that licensing.
End of the day, it isn't any more legal than downloading, although the exact laws and related punishments are likely different. Illegal is illegal.