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Re:Netflix to block proxy access to content not available lo... by chris_wot on Thursday January 14, 2016 @04:49PM (#10904802)
I don't quite follow. The law is, as you say, stupid and makes no sense. You are saying that you are breaking the law in regards to property though, so don't do it. So your argument is "because it's illegal".

Incidentally, in many countries of the world - it's not illegal to bypass geoblocking.

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Re:Netflix to block proxy access to content not available lo... by 2muchcoffeeman on Thursday January 14, 2016 @09:02PM (#10906571)
Is it illegal anywhere?

Wouldn't buying DVDs and the appropriate DVD player from a different region and importing them also qualify as evading geoblocking? Is that illegal in some countries?

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