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Originally Posted by pylon
I am still paying though.
If I buy a camera lens from BandH photo in the US, I am denying the Vistek or any other Canadian retailer and the Canadian distributor the right to profit. But I am still paying for the lens, just in a different country with a better pricing model.
VPN's are not illegal. They just alter the delivery method. Stealing however is.
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Downloading content is only illegal because it is in violation of copyright law, which prevent 'stealing' of work of intellectual property. Those same laws allow content providers to license content to be distributed by DVD, digital download, streaming services, etc.
The fact that you are paying for it doesn't change the fact that you are not accessing it in a manner which the owner of the content has been compensated for.
It's like saying downloading content from a premium newsgroups service isn't stealing, because you pay $20 to sign up for the service.