Re:Netflix to block proxy access to content not available lo...
by tomjen3 on Thursday January 14, 2016 @04:23PM
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I have all the sympathy for burning karma, but it seems to come down to this:
It is easy
There is virtually no way to get caught, only a few out of probably millions do and if you buy a VPN that number drops to virtually zero.
It is easy to justify that you are not really stealing, because one you can't practically buy the thing and two you are not taking anything from the publisher.
Of course there are also those who fundamentally don't believe in copyright being a valid agreement, at least in its current form. I count myself weakly in the last group, in that I think music and movies should be subject to a compulsory streaming license - the producers gets paid for each view, but they do not get to choose who can watch when or where.
It is easy
There is virtually no way to get caught, only a few out of probably millions do and if you buy a VPN that number drops to virtually zero.
It is easy to justify that you are not really stealing, because one you can't practically buy the thing and two you are not taking anything from the publisher.
Of course there are also those who fundamentally don't believe in copyright being a valid agreement, at least in its current form. I count myself weakly in the last group, in that I think music and movies should be subject to a compulsory streaming license - the producers gets paid for each view, but they do not get to choose who can watch when or where.