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If you bypass the geo-block, you don't have a license to play the geo-blocked content either, regardless of your Netflix subscription.

• k-mcgrady 13y ago
  True but IMO it's still better than piracy. The content creators at least still get paid.
  • noonespecial 13y ago
    Oh its still piracy. You took media you weren't "allowed" by technical force. Its just less, um, pirate-y than simply taking it via torrent. The fact that people are willing to do this (go out of their way to find a way to give the content providers some money even though they intend to break the rules) is a very good sign. People really do balance ethics against easy (or possibility) of use and try to make moral decisions.
    • waps 13y ago
      It's not just piracy, it's fraud : you agreed to a contract that in no uncertain terms said you can't violate the service areas. They check whether you do this or not through DNS geolocking. Then you use technical means to deceive those checks and violate the contract. This is fraud. You are intentionally deceiving a contracted party in order to violate your obligations under a contract. If netflix asks the police to prosecute, you could go to jail for this. Morally, it's also an abomination. You enter into an agreement with the explicit intent to violate it. Yes, it's good for netflix and it's good for you (which means the studios will react against it as soon as netflix has credible competition, and if takes too long they will create credible competition. One studio might go lone wolf against them though, and get a large conviction). How is this different from using a fake bank card in the store to make the payment terminal say "accepted" while paying only 10% of the listed price ? It's not. (except for the much lower chance of punishment)