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Tried a VPN with exits in the US?

I feel it has the same moral implications like torrenting while being much more difficult to set up.

It's sad and frustrating - a while ago I spent a couple of hours searching for a legal way to buy music from a Finnish band I really liked, and each and every service was geographically restricted (I'm from Croatia). A couple of clicks on your torrent index of choice, and there was the album in its full glory. The Industry(tm) should really learn a thing or two from the "evil pirates".

I'm not so sure. Renting a VPN seems an awful lot like renting a small space on their network. Sure, it's not residency. What if I rented you a tiny part of my house? Part of the rent includes network access. But you travel, lots, like you're never there. How would you feel about "place shifting" your access to these services?

Okay, okay... I'm reaching. But I guess I'm saying, I don't see it as immoral to use a VPN in order to establish network presence in the US or Canada or wherever.

That's like an escape. I don't want to need to circumvent the system. I would like to be able to purchase and use the same services in my own right. I would be glad to pay for a service like this, if it provided what it's provided in the US for example.

But, that's the reality. If you want it, today, you do have some options.

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