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cfin2987@gmail.com on 13 October 2014

I cancelled cable in the US and only have netflix and Hulu. There is definitely enough on it. However, the content varies per country. Orange is the New Black is good, as is House of Cards.



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Cleary397 on 13 October 2014
Munkeh111 said:
Yeah, it's definitely a bit illegal, but pretending to be in other countries is very helpful

Between Netflix UK (where I live) and Netflix USA I have a mountain of content to choose from. Not everything, not necessarily the most up to date, but a deep backlog to get through

Faking your location on the Wii U might be a bit more challenging that on a computer

Using a DNS in an alternative territory is not illegal. In fact, its perfectly legal and encouraged by Netflix.

Its one of the fundamental rights of the Internet, to utilise services no matter where they are, which is mainly a fault prevention scheme

Netflix allows account roaming for travelling and other such purposes.



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aikohualda on 13 October 2014

YES if US and germany have the same content at least....

watch the IT CROWD!!!!



 

Mummelmann on 13 October 2014

I believe Netflix is worth it regardless. Get it!



Munkeh111 on 13 October 2014
Cleary397 said:
Munkeh111 said:
Yeah, it's definitely a bit illegal, but pretending to be in other countries is very helpful

Between Netflix UK (where I live) and Netflix USA I have a mountain of content to choose from. Not everything, not necessarily the most up to date, but a deep backlog to get through

Faking your location on the Wii U might be a bit more challenging that on a computer

Using a DNS in an alternative territory is not illegal. In fact, its perfectly legal and encouraged by Netflix.

Its one of the fundamental rights of the Internet, to utilise services no matter where they are, which is mainly a fault prevention scheme

Netflix allows account roaming for travelling and other such purposes.

Netflix allows it because it helps them, but faking your location to gain access to other services is definitely illegal. I'm no lawyer (and I actively do it), but I'm pretty convinced it's illegal

But definitely more illegal than other methods of watching TV online



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greyraincloud on 13 October 2014

for watching TV i'd say it's definitely worth it. I also prefer the Wii U's UI rather than that of other consoles or the PC as well because of the Gamepads touchscreen.



Cleary397 on 14 October 2014
Munkeh111 said:
Cleary397 said:
Munkeh111 said:
Yeah, it's definitely a bit illegal, but pretending to be in other countries is very helpful

Between Netflix UK (where I live) and Netflix USA I have a mountain of content to choose from. Not everything, not necessarily the most up to date, but a deep backlog to get through

Faking your location on the Wii U might be a bit more challenging that on a computer

Using a DNS in an alternative territory is not illegal. In fact, its perfectly legal and encouraged by Netflix.

Its one of the fundamental rights of the Internet, to utilise services no matter where they are, which is mainly a fault prevention scheme

Netflix allows account roaming for travelling and other such purposes.

Netflix allows it because it helps them, but faking your location to gain access to other services is definitely illegal. I'm no lawyer (and I actively do it), but I'm pretty convinced it's illegal

But definitely more illegal than other methods of watching TV online

Nope, I have studied this quite extensively at University, and accessing geographically restricted content from another region using a DNS is not illegal.

It might be breaching the terms of use of the particular service you are accessing but in the eyes of the law it is perfectly legal.



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Currently Playing: X-Com(PC), Smash Bros(WiiU), Banner Saga(PC), Guild Wars 2(PC), Project X Zone(3DS), Luigis Mansion 2(3DS), DayZ(PC)

Munkeh111 on 14 October 2014
Cleary397 said:

Nope, I have studied this quite extensively at University, and accessing geographically restricted content from another region using a DNS is not illegal.

It might be breaching the terms of use of the particular service you are accessing but in the eyes of the law it is perfectly legal.

Well, guess it's good to hear I'm not breaking the law



Bajablo on 14 October 2014

Imo. it is worth it. Don't have cable or anything like that because i have netflix instead. and if it isn't on netflix at the moment, i'll get it in another manner.



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fedfed on 14 October 2014

For the 5 or 6 pounds a month you pay for it. You can log in on multiple devices and there are plenty of movies, series to be watched.

usually a movie like the Hobbit or Hunger Games is out a few months before the next installment is out. The Hobbit was on Netflix a few weeks after the DVD release.



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