Settlers simply circumvented or ignored the laws. These measures were widely circumvented or ignored. He circumvented American neutrality laws by funneling goods through Canada. Even during the early reform era, protectionist policies were often circumvented by smuggling. Itoi's project proposal suggested how the natural limitations could be circumvented. Wine merchants stealthily circumvented inspection stations to avoid local import duties. A third route was therefore devised which circumvented Ottoman territory. Later games circumvented this limitation with bank switching. The issue of sovereignty has been carefully circumvented in bilateral fishing agreements. The process has been successfully circumvented on multiple occasions. This can be circumvented easily by MAC spoofing. As with other forms of internet censorship, geo-blocking can be circumvented. Creating self-governing provinces, they circumvented the British ruling apparatus in each colony by 1774. Some pig-related laws are openly circumvented. In this way subconscious defenses could be circumvented.