Legal movie and television download/streaming - Germany

here are some ways to watch US TV shows 'streaming' from your computer
www.tvduck.com
www.surfthechannel.com

Good luck. The ones from Megavideo or Videoob are the 'best' ones to watch and haven't caused any computer crashes or viruses to my computer. You don't have to download them to watch them.

Also, I used Lovefilm.de for almost a year to order TV shows on DVD to watch at home. This service is similar to Netflix and is owned by Amazon.

Using a VPN and cbs.com is a completely legal way to obtain HIMYM. maybe brush up on your legal skills dude.

Why not admit you kick puppies and small children to death for a living, you might get a warmer reception on the internet than that admission.

Depends what you mean by "completely legal". It may not be illegal for the person downloading but it is illegal for CBS to knowingly permit it (should they find out), for which the downloader could be held as complicit, especially if he further used the material he downloads - for example letting friends have copies, or burning to DVD. If CBS even suspected people downloading their material to foreign parts via VPN in conflict with their own licensing agreements it could also be construed that not taking positive and clear action to prevent them would be equally complicit in any alleged crime.

Someone called up Netflix and asked about accessing it overseas, the support person confirmed they could use a VPN. Neither of us know what the contract between CBS and the show producers are, but I doubt not proactively blocking VPN puts CBS on the wrong end of it. What if someone in Canada gets a big antenna and picks up a US station... you would argue this makes CBS a criminal enterprise?

and regardless that's something between the lawyers of CBS and the show producers (who know.. maybe the same people in this case). As you say, its certainly not illegal for us. The post I was replying to was claiming that its impossible to find How I Met Your Mother legally for free or subscription in Germany. Its utter bullocks to say that cbs.com is an illegal site.

If CBS have no problems with people using a VPN, then why do they IP-Geoblock in the first place?

So we're going to play make believe, but with legal contracts? how boring

Lets hypothesize that the contract with the producers gives them the right to broadcast online, but restricted to only US IP addresses. So a VPN isn't a problem at all.

We use lovefilm.de as well, although I have to say the online streaming selection is a bit limited and can't really be properly compared to Netflix. But maybe in time...

Here is another Netflix-like service in Germany (all legal and legit businesses):

Bitbop.de - TV Shows. 85% in German language available. Only a few shows (mostly MTV) in English. Monthly subscription service.

Recap of the others:

ABC on Demand - Movies (only Disney) and TV Shows (Only ABC stuff). All shows available in English as well as German. Monthly subscription service. Only available at the moment with Vodafone TV.

Maxdome.de - Movies and TV shows. Movies in German and English. TV shows only German language available. None in English. Monthly subscription service.

Lovefilm.de - Movies. 99% in German. 1% of movies in English. Monthly subscription service.

Videociety.de - Movies. Only German language available. None in English. Pay per movie.

Xbox Live (de)rebranded as Zune - Movies. Only German language available. None in English. Pay per movie.

iTunes (de) - Movies to rent or to buy. TV shows to buy only. Lots of English movies and TV Shows to choose from. Pay per movie or TV show. No monthly subscription service available.