Originally Posted by
stimpy
OK, but why can't people in America just go to, for instance,
http://www.spotify.com/fr/ and download the player? Or use a VPN? Or grab it while visiting Europe?
All of those will work as long as you can convince it that you're in that country in Europe - and have worked since it was first launched.
But when you log in to the player and it sees you as being outside of Europe, it will not work. You would always need to keep your VPN connected to use it.