iTunes Music Store w/ Foreign IP

[mnewman]

I was under the impression that residents of countries other than the US could only purchase from the iTunes Music Store if they resided in a country that has a iTunes Music Store. So, ever since I moved here to Thailand I didn't bother even looking at IMS.

However, today I read about Diana Krall's new Christmas Album and decided to have a look. I was able to download the free cut ("Jingle Bells"). I liked it, so looked at the album and clicked "Purchase". The album is downloading now.

My credit card does have a US address, but I thought purchase restriction was now based on IP address rather than credit card address.

Can someone enlighten me?

[dmv]

no. it is definately based on credit card address.

good for you... there are heaps of people who would kill to have a US CC to get access.

[CAlvarez]

It's easy to get US-based prepaid credit cards here, maybe there's a business opportunity re-selling those in other countries...