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Canadian iTunes Music Store Opens

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the moxy-fruvous-and-rush dept.

Trillan writes "After appearing on December 1st, iTunes music store Canada is now officially open. Price is only $0.99 CDN (about $0.83 US) per song, so it's less expensive than the US store. This is probably fair since our CDs are usually cheaper here, too, at least on the west coast."

7 of 479 comments (clear)

  1. Possible? by CompSurfer · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Is it possible for Americans (USA) to buy songs from Canada's iTunes?

    1. Re:Possible? by double-oh+three · · Score: 4, Interesting

      The better question is; Where's a list of Candian proxy servers and where can I get the Canadian version?

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    2. Re:Possible? by prof_peabody · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Anyone can surf the Canadian store. You need a credit card with a Canadian address in order to purchase from the Canadian shop. I have been purchasing tracks from the US store here in Canada for the past year with my US based credit card. There are all sorts of loopholes like this in online shopping.

  2. About time by Fenis-Wolf · · Score: 3, Interesting

    About time. I don't see why it took this long. Was there some massive tech barriers, that restrained the opening, or was it Canadas version of the RIAA?

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  3. Dont expect the store to be up for long by infonick · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Under the Canadian Copywrite Law, "personal copying" is permitted. This means I can download all the music I could ever want. The only drawback is a small tax on every cd purchased. thats ok though, i dont buy cd's often.

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  4. Aussie ITMS by z3021017 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Please Apple. Please.

    Australia/NZ now are the last English-speaking countries not to get iTunes so I hope we get it soon (as in the next 6 months).

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  5. NAFTA and Free Trade by cheshiremackat · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I find it interesting that Canadians right now enjoy more 'freedom' wrt music sharing/copying etc. We are allowed to 'share' our music with friends in exchange for a small tax on CDRs and MP3 players.

    Also, our AACs from Apple are cheaper ($0.84 today).

    The most interesting part? IP is not part of NAFTA, if it was, you could buy music in Canada and re-import it to the US. (Actually if IP was part of NAFTA, Apple CANADA could sue the RIAA to force lower prices as the present situation is anti-competitive) {interesting asside, Apple CANADA would have to do it, Apple USA would have no standing, goofy NAFTA dispute resolution}.

    INSTEAD, what I think will happen is that the US will force Canada to sign the WIPO and the world gets DMCA like treatment, as opposed to making the US laws more sane.

    So, for all those who asked, no you will not be able to re-import the music back into the US... even if you could get Apple to sell it to you at the lower price you would have to declare the purchase and remit duty on the purchase. Ever buy one of the "imported' CDs from the record store... part of the reason they cost more is excise duty.

    Bah, somewhat useless however, with the USD sucking lately, we could be back to 1.05Canadian soon, and we would want to buy your cheap music.... better get that trade deficit fixed soon!

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