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<a href=".">Kenneth's log </a>
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<header> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="spotify-in-the-us-yes-please.html"
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rel="bookmark" title="Permalink to Spotify in the US? Yes please.">Spotify in the US? Yes please.</a></h1> </header>
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<abbr class="published" title="2010-01-17T19:03:00">
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Sun 17 January 2010
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<p>In <a href="./category/Code.html">Code</a>.
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<p>##I spent about 8 hours last night obtaining a Premium Spotify
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account in the US, and I've never been happier. As you know,
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<a class="reference external" href="http://spotify.com">Spotify</a> is only available in the UK, Spain,
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and France. So, the only way to signup for an account it to take a
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trip overseas... virtually. ## Step 1: Signup for a virtual private
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server Signup for a <a class="reference external" href="http://linode.com">Linode</a> account, and buy
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a 360 VPS. Linode allows you to choose a datacenter when you buy a
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VPS, and luckily, they have a datacenter in the UK. This will run
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you $20 a month. ## Step 2: Install Ubuntu and Boot Your VPS
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Install Ubuntu Server on your new british hackbox. You can SSH in
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to test it out. Have fun. Make sure openssh-server is installed. ##
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Step 3: Edit Hosts File Append the following lines to your
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<tt class="docutils literal">/etc/hosts</tt> file: 127.0.0.1 spotify.com 127.0.0.1
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www.spotify.com [your vps ip] hackbox</p>
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<p>## Step 4: Open a Reverse SSH Forwarding Tunnel sudo ssh -C
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<a class="reference external" href="mailto:root@hackbox">root@hackbox</a> -L 443:spotify.com:443 sudo ssh -C root@hackbox -L
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80:spotify.com:480</p>
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<p>Congratulations. You're now a Brit. ## Step 5: Create an Account
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While creating an account, you are prompted for you postal code. I
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did some
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<a class="reference external" href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en&q=winchester+hampshire+office&aq=f&oq=&aqi=">google-fu</a>
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and used <tt class="docutils literal">SO23 8TH</tt> as my postal code for Winchester, Hampshire
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UK. <a class="reference external" href="http://spotify.com/en/download/">Download the client</a>. ##
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Step 6: Enjoy :) You now have unlimited access to a library of
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~8,000,000 tracks, as if they were on your own computer. Once every
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two weeks, you'll have to reopen your SSH tunnels and login at
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<a class="reference external" href="http://spotify.com">spotify.com</a> to proveyou'll be good to go.
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This restriction is lifted if you signup for a Premium account. I
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highly recommend this, as it allows you to listen to your music at
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320 kbps. I'd tell you how, but I'd rather enjoy the fruits of my
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hard labor.</p>
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