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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Once again, what the original article is saying is that in order to accomplish a certain task, i.e. see German content in the US, she has to resort to using the so called pirate sites at times. Very different that what you are saying.
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I am saying (perhaps implying or trying to say) that it is not nor ever has been an inalienable right to watch a TV show from a different region/country and that for most of my life it was difficult or impossible to do so. People in Canada watched what was shown by Canadian stations, and people in Mexico watched what was shown on Mexican stations.
French Canadian people living outside Quebec in Canada could not see any French shows. It was extremely rare that they were broadcast or played in cinemas outside of Quebec. There were no DVDs or VHS etc. All reel to reel and private rental was extremely difficult and expensive.
Now we can often watch things at our convenience and there is certainly a lot to watch available. And we can often manage to buy or view things that are not broadcast in our countries.
As many have said, we can buy the media and get a player that will play from any region, no opinion really on the legality or morality of this, we all know whether we personally feel a bit guilty or not, although IMO only those that think it is wrong deep down, loudly protest their innocence and how they were forced to pirate something like it was on the same level as stealing food to feed their starving children. Sorry but I am just not that naive.
Helen