You may have to find a manual solution. Have you tried spawning a VPS in the US and connecting to it via Shadowsocks?[1] I apparently can sign up for an account when routed through such a setup and Netflix doesn't seem to think it's a VPN (this was a VPS hosted in Germany, however). I can give more details if interested.

[1] https://shadowsocks.org/

Do you then have to create a separate account "from the US"?

Netflix made sense when we could watch movies from any countries, not just the US. A lot of smaller countries would have movies not available in US/Canada but still in English.

Also: I'm happy to pay for content, but if I have to hack my way around to the point that it's harder than pirating...

> Do you then have to create a separate account "from the US"?

I have not tried, as I do not actually have an account with them. But I would be curious to know the outcomes.

> I'm happy to pay for content, but if I have to hack my way around to the point that it's harder than pirating...

Well, at least using an IP that doesn't represent your legal domain isn't [considered] illegal (yet?) [1]

[1] http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/what-is-a-vpn-are-...