iTunes Expands In Europe

jawtheshark writes "I found just out today that Apple launched the iTunes store in serveral more European countries. Countries include : Austria, Belgium, Finland, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. Apparently it launched 26 october 2004, making this a late submission. Articles at cdfreaks.com and AppleInsider "

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And in other news...

[PDubNYC]

Steve Jobs is apparently back at the helm of the long-beleagered computer maker...

Come on, it's one this for an individual to not be aware of this and submit the story, but for /. to actually post it? WTF? Where the F have you been the last month?

Help I am in Canada

[Anonymous Coward]

Hellooo? I'm over here.. In a country called Canada. WTF? I have moneeeyyy... don't make me buy from Microsoft -- they're already open here; Future Shop has an online music store here with 500,000 songs; Wal-Mart is open here; Apple, what's the holdup?

[*waving hands over head, hoping Apple finally looks our way*]

Re:Help I am in Canada

[Ian_Bailey]

Back when they announced this, they said they'll be coming to Canada in November. Technically, they still have two more weeks, but it's coming.

Re:i dotn feel like searcing

[Mark Hood]

It wasn't in the write-up, but it was in the top comment (when ordered by score).

Why yes, I am a Karma Whore :)

Just not the same

[NaughtyNimitz]

Some stuff that bothers me in iTMS Belgium:
- our music selection is a fraction of that of the US
- people in Belgium also speak Dutch (63% of them) and German. French is cool, but not everyone understands it.
- we are all the fun categories? House, Techno, Lounge, Acid?
- World music? Where's our own Helmut Lotti (yech!!)

European Union version?

[Per Wigren]

Hello? Sweden is part of EU also... :(

Fistful of euro's....

[innerlimit]

Why do the Tunes cost 0.99 Euro, even with the exchange rate $ / Euro being as low as it is?
$0.99 = E 0.77

Re:Fistful of euro's....

[Anonymous Coward]

Errr... maybe because they have to pay the European labels, the employees, the bandwith and all the infrastructure in Euros, you think??

It would be stupid if they charge 99 US cents when they have to pay 60 Eurocents to labels and 20 Eurocents to credit card payments, etc., wouldn't it?

Re:Fistful of euro's....

[LPetrazickis]

Uh, because 0.99 sounds like a round number. Since copyright is a monopoly, the price of a copyrighted nothing is based on market psychology rather than production cost.

Re:Fistful of euro's....

[gqgreg]

Haven't you figured out that stuff is cheaper in the US? I'm waiting for my visit over there to stock up on a new iPod, Gameboy Advanced, DVDs, Airtunes... (I'm american living abroad).

They Forgot Poland!

[dgatwood]

You can't be an effective leader in the music industry by minimizing the contribution of our allies... no, wait....

...or Australia?

[TheReasonableMan]

Will iTunes ever make it to Australia? There's been rumours floating around for ever....then again, Apple are a secretive bunch!

What about Japan!?

[baumanj]

I don't get it, outside the US, Japan has one of the biggest populations of Apple devotees (they even made Japanese switch commercials). Plus, pop music is an obsession over there. I can't afford to spend $30 on imported CDs, and I'm not going to buy Taiwanese bootlegs. I want my JPop dammit!