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This isn't a product I would be proud of. Netflix doesn't block content because they feel like it, they do it because of licensing issues in the various differe

This isn't a product I would be proud of. Netflix doesn't block content because they feel like it, they do it because of licensing issues in the various different countries. It is not your choice as a user to be able to access whatever content you please, as you are a customer of Netflix and must abide by their terms of service. Don't like it? Don't use Netflix. And this service charging for breaking Netflix's ToS? Super sketchy. I personally hope this is shutdown before this team can start making money off of it.

pboutros 11y ago
Absolutely agree. I can't imagine that someone built this without considering how illegal (immoral?) it is.
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- kbrwn 11y ago
  How could this be considered immoral?
  - hesdeadjim 11y ago
    Because you are making money off of breaking someone else's terms of service?
    - nitrogen 11y ago
      It is quite easy to make the case that breaking bad rules is moral. In this case, ridiculous region-based restrictions on copyrighted material are the bad rules being broken. These are paying customers, after all. Why should it matter where they watch what they paid to watch?
      - ac29 11y ago
        > Why should it matter where they watch what they paid to watch? Because they are watching things they didn't pay to watch. If, for example, HBO locks up rights to broadcasting a movie in US, Netflix might be able to get the rights in the UK. Watching it in the US via a UK Netflix proxy is (theoretically at least) depriving HBO of revenue, since they paid for exclusivity.
        nitrogen 11y ago
        That's really HBO's problem, then, for thinking they can continue to forcibly segregate the world. I'll note that I don't use this service or any like it, but I do think that people need to keep pushing against the insane excesses of copyright through the political process, through education, and through civil disobedience.

pboutros 11y ago

Absolutely agree. I can't imagine that someone built this without considering how illegal (immoral?) it is.

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kbrwn 11y ago
How could this be considered immoral?
- hesdeadjim 11y ago
  Because you are making money off of breaking someone else's terms of service?
  - nitrogen 11y ago
    It is quite easy to make the case that breaking bad rules is moral. In this case, ridiculous region-based restrictions on copyrighted material are the bad rules being broken. These are paying customers, after all. Why should it matter where they watch what they paid to watch?
    - ac29 11y ago
      > Why should it matter where they watch what they paid to watch? Because they are watching things they didn't pay to watch. If, for example, HBO locks up rights to broadcasting a movie in US, Netflix might be able to get the rights in the UK. Watching it in the US via a UK Netflix proxy is (theoretically at least) depriving HBO of revenue, since they paid for exclusivity.
      - nitrogen 11y ago
        That's really HBO's problem, then, for thinking they can continue to forcibly segregate the world. I'll note that I don't use this service or any like it, but I do think that people need to keep pushing against the insane excesses of copyright through the political process, through education, and through civil disobedience.