Thread: Why can I no longer buy books from the UK?
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Old 01-30-2010, 07:00 PM   #66
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Originally Posted by stustaff View Post
It is legal to use a proxy
My (admittedly exceptionally limited) knowledge of UK law suggests it actually might not be in some cases. Theoretically this could fall under the 'unauthorized access' provisions, since access to the data is only 'authorized' to people in a certain country.

Strictly read, this could mean that somebody in the US attempting to look at a video on the BBC's player is breaking the law, since they're attempting to access data they aren't authorized to have.
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