Well at least you have the option to publish an app outside of the market, like on it's own website.

Though I know it really doesn't solve the problem the fact that you aren't completely locked out of legitimate phones is nice.

Us Americans can be notoriously American-centric. But you're right. I'll have to remember that for future discussions, thanks.

[searches a bit, finds this]

Supported locations for distributing applications: http://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/bin/answer.py?hl...

Supported locations for merchants: http://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/bin/answer.py?an...