I still pirate stuff. Many movies that I want to watch cannot be found on the streaming services. Also TV shows are often geo blocked. For example The Rookie TV show on netflix. Here in Estonia we have 4 seasons. It should have 8 but the other 4 are only available in the states, so torrenting it is! I dont currently use VPN.
Games I usually buy, I want to support the sudio that made a great game.
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Yeah, geoblock is such a weird thing in regards to streaming services...
It is because of licenses, let's say X company in Y country buys Z show's rights to broadcast in their country. You can't legally broadcast it in that country, if you are not the X company or have a sub-license from them.
So they are basically legally obligated to geoblock you.
How come no one goes after these VPN companies when they use that to literally market their product with, or does it then fall to the promoters instead that are promoting it in a way where you use it to avoid a legal obligation?
Kind of clever in a way I guess, but feels like people should've gone after the promoters for promoting it to be used "illegally" in a way.
When the streaming service licenses a content, license will usually tell you where you are allowed to broadcast it. And producers for example rather than sell you a license that will allow you to stream globally, will sell you licenses based on regions. And if that region's license is already licensed to someone else, well you can't usually buy it since they would be made exclusive in the contract for some time or all of the duration of the license. That is why they are legally obligated or else it would be breach of contract.
So VPN services advertising that way, is not really illegal.