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Old 07-11-2014, 04:54 PM   #97
JSWolf
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
A rational person would enquire before subscribing to a service what its terms and conditions were. Eg Amazon UK's video streaming service clearly tells you that the service will only work for customers in the UK:



Anyone who subscribes to such a service without ascertaining this fact in advance has only themselves to blame. It's not a justification for piracy.
There is a way around that sort of. Use the BBC iPlayer, setup a VPN to one of the free UK VPN services, and download the HD version and voila, you have to program that you can watch. Because the BBC website sees a UK IP, it's happy to let the download happen.
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