Re: [tlug] Pretending to be outside Japan?

[Kalin KOZHUHAROV <me.kalin@example.com>]

On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Darren Cook <darren@example.com> wrote:
> Let's ignore kindle for the moment, as kindle books are encrypted for
> the device... what hoops do I have to jump through to purchase and
> download an mp3 from Amazon, while sitting in Japan, such that Amazon
> will believe I am a U.S. customer?
>
> The IP address is trivial. Everything else looks hard to me.
>
> No, I don't have U.S. relatives; at least not those I would wish to ask
> to help. (And I am not American.)
>
> I'll set a challenge: if anyone can buy an mp3 (documented steps) from
> within Japan in such a way that Amazon have no evidence you are in
> Japan, I'll buy you a beer :-) The kudos you will get will be worth far
> more, of course...
>
That is called spoofing or more severe words written in different
laws. Unless you find a real loophole in the EULA/EUA/etc with Amazon,
pretending to be in US will put you in the black. How black is another
talk.

Cheers,
Kalin.