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Thread ID: 138776	2015-01-22 01:52:00	Thinking of moving to My Republic and need help	Sanco (683)	Press F1

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1392523	2015-01-22 05:50:00	According to www.lorigan.co.nz Down the bottom of the page the Roku is not available in NZ. ( dont know if that still applies.) On another site netflixnewzealand.co.nz First reply, same problem Roku not working. The sales people at MR tell me it should work with them Thats correct they aren't blocking, or causing the problem its the senders / Program providers. Those types of sites overseas are changing and some are blocking access to some Countries when people use VPN's, DNS changers etc. As Chill mentioned, MR dont actually supply the channels. even on their site they mention it: Fibre TV is a network service that improves your streaming experience. While all of this content is pretty awesome, we do not host or own any of it. All copyrighted contents belong to their legal content owner, who is free to set and enforce their own terms of use. If you subscribe to their service, you have to follow their terms of use. Any payment or refund matters between you and a content site, are strictly between you and the site and are unrelated to MyRepublic. We’re also not associated or affiliated with any registered trademarks that you may see on here. Please use Fibre TV wisely. What that all boils down to is if the Supplier Eg: Netflix, Hulu etc block places outside of the USA with geoblocking technology it wouldn't matter what you have< appleTV, Roku or something else its not going to work. You are at the complete mercy of the providers and their laws & Actions.( blocking technology) Netflix will be here in NZ (legally) in March tvnz.co.nz While the complete content has not been announced, a rep from netflix was on TV over Xmas saying some programs on the USA Channel will not be available in NZ right away due to contracts with the likes of Sky, but they will add more and more as time goes on.	wainuitech (129)
1392524	2015-01-22 06:19:00	Just adding to a comment above, the reason for mentioning it was advertised as not being available in NZ is it could be considered "not quite lawful" ( but they wouldn't say it) if they supplied support for what basically some consider bypassing restrictions. Edited: a couple of days ago -- May be of some help support.unblock-us.com	wainuitech (129)
1392525	2015-01-22 06:35:00	Thank you for the very constructive post Wainui. I did know NF will be in New Zealand in March sometime, however their content is undisclosed and many commentators hint at a different availabilty of content from USA (due to DRM binding) and possibly different pricing; we know in the US NF charges $13.00 per month. If everything else fails then I'll just wait for NF to come ashore and sign up here, however I just had a few replies over at Geekzone and people are able to get all those channels with Roku3, which is great. We'll see how it plays out. on a different note, I am personally not sure that paying for a service available over in the US here is illegal - would it be if I was on holiday there and paid for it with my New Zealand dollars exchanged for the greenback? Anyway if it is illegal then why don't they take Orcon and Slingshot to court as they dearly love to do in America? Of course if I was to download those movies for free then it'd be a different kettle of fish. I am amazed that in the times of globalization the movie and music industries are still very sectarian. Back on topic: I think I am going to take the plunge and see.	Sanco (683)
1392526	2015-01-22 06:40:00	help.unotelly.com That link gives info on changing the Roku - dont know if it will help. I am amazed that in the times of globalization the movie and music industries are still very sectarian They'll catch up / understand -- Maybe in 10 years time ;) Give people world wide what they want and they will make more $$$	wainuitech (129)
1392527	2015-01-22 21:40:00	on a different note, I am personally not sure that paying for a service available over in the US here is illegal - would it be if I was on holiday there and paid for it with my New Zealand dollars exchanged for the greenback? may not be technically illegal in NZ, but the US takes a very different veiw we are talking about using a service to bypass copyright protection . Lets not beat around the bush, lets not pretend using unblocking services is all above board & kosher . NZ based companies paid big $$ for exclusive rights to certain programs & films. Thats why US based streaming services block NZ, to protect the companies who paid for exclusive NZ rights to certain TV programs etc . So those using unblocking services are effectively stealing from NZ companies Is the use of marginally legal unblocking services any better than outright piracy ?	1101 (13337)
1392528	2015-01-22 22:27:00	may not be technically illegal in NZ, but the US takes a very different veiw - Is the use of marginally legal unblocking services any better than outright piracy ? We may have to agree to disagree here. 1 - I live in New Zealand and go with the laws of my land. If I had to follow american rules then I'd have to wage war left right and centre too, legalise owning carrying weapons, install metal detectors to high schools and shoot african americans even when they have arms up in the air as a form of surrender. Have the CIA, FBI Secret Service (ss?) and allow them to enact the worst kind of torture etc. Sorry about the off-topic but I really care very little what america thinks. 2 - Piracy is stealing other people's work via illegal downloading. If I pay the same price that others pay then I like to call it free market.	Sanco (683)
1392529	2015-01-22 23:40:00	Disclaimer; I care not who uses NF etc in NZ and am not judging anyone for it. The legality is a grey area and debatable which is why people get away with it. It is however breaking the terms of service of the suppliers and could be considered a breach of contract if they chose to action it. The truth is most people who do this know they are doing something slightly dodgy but not strictly illegal and just don't care. It is a step up from piracy for sure, at least the content creators are getting their money. The people who miss out are those with distribution rights which they have paid for. VPN - totally legal service, not their concern how you chose to use it Watching copyrighted material in a country where the streaming service does not own the rights - that's where it gets dodgy. It's not theft or piracy, but that doesn't mean it's legal. It's more like going overseas and legally purchasing something that is not allowed in your country and then bringing it back with you.	dugimodo (138)
1392530	2015-01-23 00:11:00	On the upside , this sort of thing, programs on youtube (and TV downloads from certain cites) is slowly going to force NZ TV, Sky TV etc to up their game . They are slowly realising that , gone are the days they could buy programming & sit on it for over a year . Gone are the days when they could stop screening , 1/2 way through the final series of a hugely popular TV show, and then show the final episodes 6 months later . TV4 is now even listing some popular cartoons as ~showing in the same week as in the US~ . Piracy has bought us that . :-) :2cents:	1101 (13337)
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