&quot;She used to pay hard cash for access to Netflix (the US version), and watched US content legally&quot; ... she didn&#x27;t, she paid &quot;hard cash&quot; for the the Canadian version of Netflix, and found a not legal workaround to watch US content. She can most certainly watch CSI from an authorized distributor in Canada if she pays the right content owners in Canada.<p>&quot;If the content creator doesn&#x27;t want to sell access to the content for you, then you have every right to access it through other means.&quot;, No you don&#x27;t, how did you come up with this logic? No distributor deemed the selling price acceptable for them in Canada, if the creator wants the content in Canada he can sell it at a lower price. As a consumer, if you don&#x27;t have an option to buy something, doesn&#x27;t mean you should acquire it thru illegal means.<p>NAFTA was created to eliminate tariffs and protect intellectual property. Someone buys the right to distribute a show in Canada, this right should be protected.