[furyg3]

While I don't doubt that there are bad guys who are paying for anonymizing VPNs, I wonder to what extent this is a majority.

I know around ten people, who are technically-adept (but not techies), who are using VPNs for Netflix, BBC iPlayer, Hulu, sporting events, etc... In many cases they are "paying to pay" for these services.

Hackers, crackers, carders, and script kiddies can pretty easily get access by compromising insecure hosting accounts or remote windows machines in the desired location.