Thanks guys-- that's great news

Barrier no. 1 is now down (= my not having a PC to use for the Sony Store).

Now I just need to convince SCE to let me (North American) buy their DLC product

Curses to SCEA for not making the Pulse DLC available for purchase. I understand that Pulse sold poorly in North America but for ****'s sake, how hard can it be to make finished product available for download via the PSN? Oh well.