[xg15]

Absolutely - and in the given case, it's perfectly fine to do so because it's in fact legal (to my knowledge).

However, if you e.g. wanted to record a Netflix stream from the EME applet on their website, you could argue the same moral justifications - however, now you'd be breaking a law (circumvention of protection devices) and it wouldn't be legal, no matter how stupid the law is.

[h2onock]

Haha fair point... recording a Netflix stream from the EME applet is quite a bit different to simply clicking on a link to visit a url though isn't it, in the same way that breaking into a bank vault is a bit different to finding a £1 coin on on the floor.

[crispyporkbites]

Isn’t the paywall a protection device which you are circumventing? Legally it’s no different