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So simply analyse the situation a little bit. I am not a lawyer, and this is not a legal opinion, but I'm also not completely unaware of the law. 1) you are ly
by waps 13y ago
So simply analyse the situation a little bit. I am not a lawyer, and this is not a legal opinion, but I'm also not completely unaware of the law.
1) you are lying to netflix, which has you agree to a contract stating you will only watch from within the US.
You are violating a contract you've agreed to.
2) Netflix checks this, and you are explicitly using technical measures to successfully lie to netflix about your location, purposefully deceive a party you've contracted with in order to get out from under contract terms.
I believe this is fraud. If netflix can convince the police to take the case, you could go to jail for this. Advantage : only netflix can try to make them take the case, and they're unlikely to do so.
3) the content you're watching is licenced, with a licence stating it's watch within the US only.
This is copyright violation, or it's more popular term : piracy.
I would argue that watching netflix violating and circumventing their access controls is worse than torrenting.
- interpol_p 13y ago> I would argue that watching netflix violating and circumventing their access controls is worse than torrenting. I don't know if I would consider it worse. To me it feels like the morally better of the two — at least you are contributing some money towards the shows you like to watch, even if not through the proper channels. I would also argue that Netflix could likely make it harder to circumvent their access controls, but it is probably not in their interest to do so. If it were up to Netflix, I suspect it would be available globally — Netflix only has to enforce the minimum required geoblocking to satisfy the rights holders. If some people get around this, all it means is more business and more mind share for Netflix. (And arguably more business for the rights holders.)