In New Zealand, <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.stuff.co.nz&#x2F;business&#x2F;industries&#x2F;72854916&#x2F;sky-tv-internet-users-seek-answers-on-criminal-penalties-for-tv-trickery" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.stuff.co.nz&#x2F;business&#x2F;industries&#x2F;72854916&#x2F;sky-tv-i...</a><p><i>&quot;Internet users and Sky Television want to know if it will become a criminal offence to get around blocks on overseas online television services ... not sure whether that meant criminal penalties for people who used Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to disguise their location and access online services that were supposed to be &quot;geo-blocked&quot; in New Zealand, such as the US version of Netflix.<p>Legal experts have said it is a grey area whether the use of anti-geo-blocking services to access overseas TV services currently breached civil law. Sources said the answer to that question could determine whether the Government might be empowered to make an exemption relating to VPNs, or whether their use to access overseas online television services would now need to become a criminal offence.&quot;</i>