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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. Re:Reading the article... by ChuyMatt · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Um... as one who just came back from an EU country and visited the EU buildings themselves, not to mention studying my brains out about it, this is just what the EU is for. to be treated like one *financial* country. What is more, having total-european standards for every shared product is a major part of that. With that goes the using of standard policies on things such as copyright and telecom and such. In practice, it is a tad more complicated, but that is just because their policies are more French, ie: artist work integrity centered instead of focus on profit and poorly worded royalties contracts. Probably something like the % that goes to the actual artists are what is holding this deal back.