Puretracks.com sells 1 million, iTMS Canada still MIA
http://www.globetechnology.com/servl...tory/Business/
If an upstart company with limited advertising budget can garner 1 million songs sold, imagine what Apple Canada could do with the resources of it's parent company behind it.
Come on, don't tell me it's the labels. If Puretracks.com can iron out a deal, surely Apple can.
If an upstart company with limited advertising budget can garner 1 million songs sold, imagine what Apple Canada could do with the resources of it's parent company behind it.
Come on, don't tell me it's the labels. If Puretracks.com can iron out a deal, surely Apple can.
Comments
Originally posted by Wrong Robot
It probably has more to do with different forms of currency ...but I dunno
Yes, we do have more colourful money. But I'm sure the revenue could be channelled through Apple Canada who has an office in Toronto (Markham).
Seriously though, the only reason I'm a bit worried is because of the amount of time it took to get the on-line Apple Store up and running in Canada. Didn't we come after most other major markets? On the plus side, we did get iPhoto prints early on.
Originally posted by Gabid
On the plus side, we did get iPhoto prints early on.
I think they were printed in the states.
regardless - the wait for an itunes music store in canada is getting ridiculously long. apple is losing so much business imo. all these smaller companies/stores are already building their client base. on the other hand once apple enters the arena (with a splash we all hope) all these people may just try itunes... and switch to it for their mp4/aac management.
i just don't think i can wait much longer... meanwhile - what can i do but WAIT?
Originally posted by InactionMan
I can't imagine there are any real licensing issues for iTMS in Canada.
If Canada's practices are anything like Europe's, I can.
Europe's tangle of interests and contracts makes the American music industry look sane.
Remember, Apple is not interested in juggling zillions of terms and conditions. They want to offer everyone one set of terms in one contract, and license the same set of usage rights for every single track and album. All it takes is a few parties demanding specific terms to hold up the whole train. But the payoff is that every song doesn't have a different set of restrictions programmed into its DRM, nor a more restrictive baseline DRM than the US store enjoys.
I wish them luck.
It could be a case of the record labels and CRIA being on board and whatever body (can't remember the name) that represents the publishers and artists are the ones holding up the process. Or Apple may just be waiting for a world launch of iTMS so us Canucks will have to wait for the mess in Europe to be sorted out.
Once iTMS is available in Canada I'll happily buy oodles of music there but until then I've gone back to my piratey ways (guilt-free mind you) thanks to bizarre Canadian laws.
There is a lot of pent up demand for it here. Friends have been asking me about it since it was announced in the U.S. Which is odd because, surprisingly, my friends usually don't give a rat's ass when I go on some nerdy rant about Apple's latest venture.