And you wonder why piracy is rampant here
I decided to give Amazon’s MP3 download a spin today, and this what I end up with, including several attempts to baffle the system (entering a US billing address/VPN in through a computer located in the US) which I could assume works by the location where the credit card was registered.
We could not process your order because of geographical restrictions on the product which you were attempting to purchase. Please refer to the terms of use for this product to determine the geographical restrictions.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you.
That’s one more to the list of services that block purchases outside of the US. Recently Direct2Drive started restricting majority of its catalog for sale only to US addresses. Maybe those CEOs in their big suits should question themselves as to why certain regions, like Southeast Asia, is rampant with piracy. How do you expect us to be good customers when we’re being denied to purchase something legitimately in the first place? Torrentfreak has a good article about this.
