Free application = purchase?

In the recent update of the Terms and Conditions of the iTunes store, the following statement is made: "Purchases or rentals (as applicable) from the iTunes Store are available to you only in the United States and are not available in any other location. You agree not to use or attempt to use the iTunes Store from outside of the available territory. Apple may use technologies to verify such compliance."
My question is: If I, as a non US-resident, use the US iTunes Store only for the 'free stuff' (iPod software updates, free applications, free podcasts, album artwork), am I complying to the statement above?
Because the way I see it, something that is free cannot be purchased. Hence, I don't make any purchases.
Am I wrong or can I continue what I was doing? (I will never buy anything from the iTunes store, because I always get it from the 'real' stores, e.g. Cd's and Dvd's. So I don't use any redeem codes or gift cards or other stuff like that.)

You can't open an account in the US iTunes Store without having a US credit card or a prepaid iTunes card or gift certificate and a valid US mailing address, even to obtain the free tracks and videos, so the precise interpretation of what constitutes "purchased" in the language of the Store terms is rather academic. You won't be able to open an account.

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