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How about VPN + regular HBO?

by arbre 10y ago

peeters 10y ago
It's pretty trivial for providers to blacklist known proxy/VPN endpoints. Netflix started doing it this year. Does HBO not enforce it?
maggit 10y ago
It says "legally" right there in the title. I'm assuming this also takes into account EULAs and the like, that would forbid consuming the content while situated in another country.
acveilleux 10y ago
Can be a problem if you don't have a US billing address or if your VPN gets banned, depending on exactly which service's DRM/geo-locking you're trying to circumvent.
anthonyreinette 10y ago
Good point! I think that HBO is trying to prevent this kind of practice though.
PeterisP 10y ago
That's not legal and violates their license, so if you're okay with that then just pirating the show would be simpler.
judauphant 10y ago
It will work but, it’s a violation of terms and condition of HBO now. So it's not legal :( > (a) You must reside within the fifty states of the United States of America (“U.S.”), the District of Columbia, and certain US territories (collectively, the “Service Area”) and have reached the age of 18, or the age of legal majority in your state or territory of residence; Source: https://www.hbonow.com/terms https://www.hbonow.com/terms
- gambiting 10y ago
  Against the terms of service != not legal. I would argue that if you paid for the content no one in Germany could charge you with anything.
  - judauphant 10y ago
    Are your sure ? Here is an example for California : https://www.eff.org/fr/deeplinks/2010/07/court-violating-terms-service-not-crime-bypassing https://www.eff.org/fr/deeplinks/2010/07/court-violating-ter... > the court also found that bypassing technical or code-based barriers intended to limit access to or uses of a website may violate California's computer crime law. If you have more informations about that, I am interested
    - gambiting 10y ago
      In US, sure. But agreements like EULA have been proven completely meaningless courts in different EU countries - you can break them all you like, it's definitely not illegal. The company might stop doing business with you, but you absolutely haven't broken any laws.
realusername 10y ago
It's ironically becoming almost more complicated to get legal content than just pirating it.
PepeGomez 10y ago
That still counts as piracy. Using a satelite card from another country also counts as piracy.

How about VPN + regular HBO?

by arbre 10y ago

How about VPN + regular HBO?

It's pretty trivial for providers to blacklist known proxy/VPN endpoints. Netflix started doing it this year. Does HBO not enforce it?

maggit 10y ago

It says "legally" right there in the title. I'm assuming this also takes into account EULAs and the like, that would forbid consuming the content while situated in another country.

acveilleux 10y ago

Can be a problem if you don't have a US billing address or if your VPN gets banned, depending on exactly which service's DRM/geo-locking you're trying to circumvent.

anthonyreinette 10y ago

Good point! I think that HBO is trying to prevent this kind of practice though.

PeterisP 10y ago

That's not legal and violates their license, so if you're okay with that then just pirating the show would be simpler.

judauphant 10y ago

It will work but, it’s a violation of terms and condition of HBO now. So it's not legal :( > (a) You must reside within the fifty states of the United States of America (“U.S.”), the District of Columbia, and certain US territories (collectively, the “Service Area”) and have reached the age of 18, or the age of legal majority in your state or territory of residence; Source: https://www.hbonow.com/terms https://www.hbonow.com/terms

gambiting 10y ago
Against the terms of service != not legal. I would argue that if you paid for the content no one in Germany could charge you with anything.
- judauphant 10y ago
  Are your sure ? Here is an example for California : https://www.eff.org/fr/deeplinks/2010/07/court-violating-terms-service-not-crime-bypassing https://www.eff.org/fr/deeplinks/2010/07/court-violating-ter... > the court also found that bypassing technical or code-based barriers intended to limit access to or uses of a website may violate California's computer crime law. If you have more informations about that, I am interested
  - gambiting 10y ago
    In US, sure. But agreements like EULA have been proven completely meaningless courts in different EU countries - you can break them all you like, it's definitely not illegal. The company might stop doing business with you, but you absolutely haven't broken any laws.

realusername 10y ago

It's ironically becoming almost more complicated to get legal content than just pirating it.

PepeGomez 10y ago

That still counts as piracy. Using a satelite card from another country also counts as piracy.