iTMS won't let me buy song even with U.S. address
Okay, what's going on. I thought as long as you had an American address tied to your credit card, you could order from Apple.
I know this is the case with hardware purchases I've made in the past where stuff was shipped to my brother in the U.S.
I don't know...maybe it's some legality concerning downloading to a foreign country (Canada in this case).
Come on Apple, you've got 30 million up here who want to buy into your music store...what's the hold up?
I know this is the case with hardware purchases I've made in the past where stuff was shipped to my brother in the U.S.
I don't know...maybe it's some legality concerning downloading to a foreign country (Canada in this case).
Come on Apple, you've got 30 million up here who want to buy into your music store...what's the hold up?
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It's the record labels.
Originally posted by ast3r3x
IT IS NOT THEIR FAULT THERE ISN'T A STORE IN CANADA.
It's the record labels.
Hmm...you're telling me Apple can't iron out a deal with the record labels in Canada (who the majority of them are subsidaries of the larger U.S. labels)?
It's not a matter of ability, but rather a matter of will...or in this case probably, priorities.
Originally posted by satchmo
Hmm...you're telling me Apple can't iron out a deal with the record labels in Canada (who the majority of them are subsidaries of the larger U.S. labels)?
It's not a matter of ability, but rather a matter of will...or in this case probably, priorities.
In a recent article it shows Apple will take its ball and go home if people aren't willing to play by their rules. That is how you get uniform $.99/song $9.99/album instead of different prices and different DRM.
Originally posted by satchmo
Hmm...you're telling me Apple can't iron out a deal with the record labels in Canada (who the majority of them are subsidaries of the larger U.S. labels)?
It's not a matter of ability, but rather a matter of will...or in this case probably, priorities.
It's not the labels. It's the government and its backward rules. Canadian fair-use laws clash Apple's iTMS EULA. In Canada, anybody can borrow a CD and legally copy the music off it with certain considerations.
You can borrow a friends CD and copy it to a CD-R.
You cannot accept a pre-copied CD-R from your friend.
You can accept the original CD and a blank CD-R from your friend.
You cannot let people borrow the copy.
et cetera.
As a result, there is a tax on CD-R media, and now on other storage drives as well... And WHY? Why should I pay a music tax on a CD-R I use to back-up my files (non-copyrighted).
Anyway, how would any of this apply to digital distributed music?
They really need to hammer out a new law for digital music.
Originally posted by Eugene
As a result, there is a tax on CD-R media, and now on other storage drives as well... And WHY? Why should I pay a music tax on a CD-R I use to back-up my files (non-copyrighted).
Anyway, how would any of this apply to digital distributed music?
They really need to hammer out a new law for digital music.
actually, there is somewhat of a tax on cd-r's in the us as well., but only on cd-r's that are labels as MUSIC CD-Rs. many of the home audio cd recorders(not the computer based ones, but the ones for stereo equipement that can make audio cd's) require the music cd-rs(they have a bit turned on that says its a music cdr, they wont take regular cd-rs). so. if you dont have one of those things, dont get a cd-r that is made for music, get a regular cheap one.
Originally posted by Matsu
Frankly, if I've no excuse to pay $.99 for something I could get better (2nd hand CD) or cheaper (file share), then I'm happier for it.
Yes, but I'd much rather pay $.99 than fork out $5-10 for a used CD from which I only want one song.
All is fine...and I just purchased my first track.