There are plenty of legal alternatives for you. Indeed, you just mentioned several of them, and another is not to consume that particular content at all and to find your entertainment in some other way.
Please don't pretend anyone somehow forced you to break the law. You chose to do that yourself.
1. Hulu in Linux is effectively impossible. It's completely broken in Chrome and it stops after 10 minutes of playback in Firefox. More importantly, it does not have the movies I'm interested in.
2. Netflix has no client or support for Linux. Microsoft won't license the DRM components and Netflix refuses to change.
I never, ever mentioned that I was forced into breaking the law, but thanks for putting those words into my mouth. Make no bones about it. I broke the law because it is more convenient. I would pay for the movies if, as I already stated, I wasn't forced to borrow someone's car to buy a frickin DVD.
Surely, you can understand that "Don't consume the content at all" is as much of a copout as someone saying they were "forced" to steal the content. Both I and the movie industry would benefit from me having easier access to the content that I would happily pay for.
This is partly why I'm hopeful to see what Amazon has in store.
Please don't pretend anyone somehow forced you to break the law. You chose to do that yourself.