I live in a backwater like Sweden. In fact, I actually live in Sweden. I've bought a great deal of tracks from the iTunes Store, but I have yet to encounter wha

I live in a backwater like Sweden. In fact, I actually live in Sweden. I've bought a great deal of tracks from the iTunes Store, but I have yet to encounter what you mention. Is this perhaps the type of "region staging" scheme we see in the film industry, game industry, gaming console industry etc.?