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After Netflix Crackdown On Border-Hopping, Canadians Ready To Return To Piracy (www.cbc.ca)
An anonymous reader shares an article on CBCNews: Many Canadians are enraged by Netflix's declared war on cross-border watchers, who skirt the company's rules by sneaking across virtual borders to stream Netflix shows and movies restricted to other countries. Sometimes it's hard to be satisfied with Netflix Canada's library when our American neighbours have, it's estimated, access to almost double the content. But this big and bold clampdown may backfire -- at least in Canada. Turns out, Canadians are big pirates at heart. Apparently, we feel somewhat entitled to download illegal content when we don't have cheap and easy access. Instead of shelling out $10 for a Netflix subscription, some people now may opt to pay nothing at all to get what they want.
What responsibilities? Again, we're not talking about an essential service, we're talking about entertainment; the content provider is NOT responsible to you....they don't owe you anything. And, frankly, as I stated below, if people could restrain themselves from allowing the content providers to do things like this by, you know, NOT buying the content in their own country, then content providers might rethink their position. But as long as enough Canadians are buying this content at higher prices through other means, then it's THEIR fault.
Stupid sexy Flanders.
Copyright is a "right" granted by the public to private entities. The the public should have the ability to revoke this granted right if they believe the private entities are not holding up their end of the bargain. I believe the public has spoken. The ability for these foreign companies to block access to Canadians isn't an "essential service" either.
The fact that these companies are making money while people have a complete lack of respect for their copyrights isn't a good argument in favour of copyright.