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can you get around BP territory restrictions?
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UWM
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lücid
from the DJ Booth...

quote:
Originally posted by nem0nic
I just wrote the article about changing your region to bypass Beatport's territory based pricing, but the same process works well for buying out of territory songs as well.

Territory restricted music is a little harder to deal with, because you need to do a little research on what territory the particular label distributes to, but it's not too hard once you know where to look.

Beatport HAS implemented a couple of measures to try and thwart proxy users, but they are trivial to defeat. The fact of the matter is that because proxied traffic is no different than normal traffic, they can't do a whole lot to restrict their use or they would effect normal customers as well. If you're using the process I outline in my article to buy out of territory music, you need to be aware that Beatport does another check now at checkout (before they just did a check when you added the song to your cart).

And don't worry too much about CC info. If you have a Beatport account already established, the CC info is already stored server side and is never passed on. you DO have to worry about passing your BP password, but I address that in my article. And you don't have to worry about someone getting your CC info FROM your Beatport account, because it's hashed out, even in the account setup/change screens.

www.nem0nic.com <- article here


but i've never attempted it... i'm too lazy to go through all that trouble just for a song or two. :p
UWM
Thankee :)

And basically 90% of Buzzin Fly is restricted ... so I'm going to give this a go.
lücid
quote:
Originally posted by UWM
And basically 90% of Buzzin Fly is restricted

ahh, weaksauce.

good luck! let us know how it works for ya. :)
darin epsilon
Very annoying that they have this. You just have to purchase from another online vendor. Since they have your credit card information, it's not like you can pretend you're in Europe or something.
wolverine16
Go for it Bobby! I hate territorial restrictions, wastes so many great tracks. Down with the man!
Omega_Blue
stick it to the man bobby. and if it works you should buy me "three drives - carrerra 2" and i'll give you a buck-fifty the next time we hang out. that's a penny profit, bro.
lücid
quote:
Originally posted by darin epsilon
Very annoying that they have this. You just have to purchase from another online vendor. Since they have your credit card information, it's not like you can pretend you're in Europe or something.

BP determines your territory by your IP address, not your credit card.
wolverine16
quote:
Originally posted by lücid
BP determines your territory by your IP address, not your credit card.


This should be easy then, Yuris should be able to get us a Latvian IP address we can all use. It should be worth whatever mob bosses we have to pay back.
UWM
quote:
Originally posted by Omega_Blue
stick it to the man bobby. and if it works you should buy me "three drives - carrerra 2" and i'll give you a buck-fifty the next time we hang out. that's a penny profit, bro.


LOL, I have a copy of that from like .. however many years ago. You can have it for nothing. :p

dj_bas
Let me know if this works Bobby. I have some Simian Mobile Disco tracks that I've been trying to buy. Same with Rocco - Roots 4 Acid (Francois Dubois Mix).
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