But violating the license terms by border hopping <i>is</i> piracy.<p>Not saying I agree with geo restrictions, or any of the other silliness (I don&#x27;t, and thankfully we&#x27;re rapidly moving away from that sort of thing), but using VPNs or foreign credit cards to subscribe to a service that isn&#x27;t available to you because the company selling it doesn&#x27;t have a license to do so is still, technically, piracy.