flyingwinger wrote:
I know I live outside the US and technically I'm supposed to accept that I don't have access to the Zune software, but what really bites is that I was living in the US when I bought my Zune, and that's where my Zunetag and LiveID are registered to. My work takes me all over the world on long term contracts, so it's not like I have a choice about being where I am. I have been able to sign in to Marketplace without any problems, even since the latest update. My PC is set to the correct US settings everywhere. But despite the apparent success of being able to access Marketplace, I can't purchase anything. Just after the confirmation screen, Zune software seems to run a check, detects I'm outside the US and says "No". Surely MS can't penalise people because we don't live in the states anymore. It doesn't seem particularly fair.
I don't think you are blocked from access to the software, you are blocked from access to the zune marketplace... and that is easily done by identifying the location of your IP address. And, it's not MS trying to penalize anyone...it's an issue of where they have contracts allowing them to sell copyrighted content. FYI- you can buy locally- just make sure it's a compatible file format without DRM. And, you can subscribe to any compatible podcast you like easily as well- copy the RSS feed from the podcast site, or from a podcast directory (zencast.com is a good one...) and paste it into the dialog box you get clicking 'add a podcast' in the zune software.
