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Originally Posted by ahi
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What's the problem? I was responding to all those people who were talking about what if an American was overseas on vacation, could they buy a book or what if a foreigner was on vacation in America, could they etc. All I was saying was that it doesn't seem like they are filtering (at least in this instance) based on where the person physically is located at the time (although with IP trackers, I suppose that is an eventual possibility and/or other scheme other stores might use) but rather on where the person gets their credit card (e.g. asking for an American credit card to validate the download). I am not saying I agree with this scheme. Personally I would love to be without these restrictions, myself, especially as a non-American. But my example was merely to point out that nationality and physical location don't seem to be the issue here.