Legal and moral definition of piracy vary.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_piracy
Unfortunately, if you don't have permission to download then you may be committing piracy. In this case, entire countries apparently don't have permission.
If the system is guessing location based on IP address, then granting permission based on that guess, then I expect their permission grant should be valid. How would a user know that they have bugs in their permission system?
If you connect directly first, are told "no", then bypass the system with a VPN: You probably understand that you aren't supposed to have access.
What will happen if you commit this type of piracy? I don't think there's a loss of revenue, or damages so pursuing pirates likely isn't worth it.
Obligatory, I am not a lawyer.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_piracy
Unfortunately, if you don't have permission to download then you may be committing piracy. In this case, entire countries apparently don't have permission.
If the system is guessing location based on IP address, then granting permission based on that guess, then I expect their permission grant should be valid. How would a user know that they have bugs in their permission system?
If you connect directly first, are told "no", then bypass the system with a VPN: You probably understand that you aren't supposed to have access.
What will happen if you commit this type of piracy? I don't think there's a loss of revenue, or damages so pursuing pirates likely isn't worth it.
Obligatory, I am not a lawyer.