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Euro iTunes Store Delayed

Posted by pudge on from the there-is-no-good-music-in-europe-anyway dept.

pnjman writes "Due to the record labels being unable to agree licencing issues, the European iTunes music store has been put back until at least next year."

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  1. Ah-ha! by Wuffle · · Score: 5, Funny

    The inability of the record monopolies to embrace the internet strikes again!

  2. Is it the pricing? by eMartin · · Score: 3, Funny

    What? So â.99 per song doesn't cut it?

    1. Re:Is it the pricing? by commodoresloat · · Score: 4, Funny

      Actually, it's the drugs; the licensing thing is just a cover. No, really. Apple got wind of the fact that most Euros are covered in cocaine. Macs are supposed to be associated with hallucinogens, not stimulants.

  3. "from the there-is-no-good-music-in-europe-anyway" by AvantLegion · · Score: 3, Funny
    from the there-is-no-good-music-in-europe-anyway dept

    Geez, we should mod the story post as Troll.

  4. No good music in Europe? by Trurl's+Machine · · Score: 4, Funny

    from the there-is-no-good-music-in-europe-anyway dept.

    The problem is not that European music cannot be sold in iTunes Music Shop, the problem is that the Europeans cannot buy anything in it (regardless the country of origin). Actually, iTunes MS is full of European music (at least if you count Britons as Europeans, which is sometimes a matter of debate).

    1. Re:No good music in Europe? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Yeah baby - those EU handouts are the craic!!

  5. ahm un uhmurikuhn, you insensitive clod? by Elwood+P+Dowd · · Score: 2, Funny

    Slashdot is too Euro-centric.

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  6. Well by Znonymous+Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...record labels being unable to agree...

    Imagine that. I mean who would have thought the record labels, of all people, would have a problem with being unable to agree?

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  7. Re:Bad for Apple by commodoresloat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes I agree. The company is downright beleagured!!!

  8. Re:What about a Canadian store? by Feral+Bueller · · Score: 2, Funny
    What aboot it, eh?

    ... sorry.

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  9. In other news by djupedal · · Score: 0, Funny

    Norway has refused Poland's request for entry into the EU. until they upgrade all their air conditioners to be Energy Star Compliant.

    1. Re:In other news by ChuyMatt · · Score: 2, Funny

      i beg to differ; Europe does not HAVE air conditioning. just having it causes colds and other maladies. (riiiiight...)

  10. The Thruth by tbone1 · · Score: 0, Funny
    The real problem is that Jacques Chirac has said he will veto any Apple Music Store in Europe. However, Jobs has threatened to slap David Hasslehoff, so Germany is lining up.

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  11. Re:Bad for Apple by awtbfb · · Score: 2, Funny


    Yes I agree. The company is downright beleagured!!!

    You mean they are dying. Thisis Slashdot. Be precise.