Are there legal ways to use VPNs for streaming?

One friend is watching the Ashes for free and another is getting cheap Netflix Every week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it's up to you to help him or her out - a selection of the best answers will appear in next Saturday's paper. I have a friend who is streaming the Ashes for free online, and another who says they get cheap Netflix by pretending to subscribe in Turkey. I presume this is all completely illegal. But are there legal ways to use virtual private networks to stream s...