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iTunes Store Available in Australia Very Soon

Posted by timothy on from the wendell-white-kicks-apple-butt dept.

tintub writes "New Zealander Russell Crowe has probably infuriated Apple by revealing the launch date of the iTunes store in Australia. Apparently it will be open as early as tomorrow (Thursday), selling tracks for AU$1.80 each. Personally I think this is too much, but I'm glad it's finally available in Australia. Now, when's Amazon coming?"

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  1. How much is that? by bhima · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    1.80 Austrialian dollars? What is that 15 US dollars and about 1.5 Euros? Why is the price so high and I wonder if they'll get into trouble for over charging people like they did in the UK...

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  2. Apple's arrival here in Australia.. by treff89 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ..will only be a bad thing. By porting their proprietary .aac Fairplay DRM'ed format to this country, there will be an astronomical number of non-learned souls who take it upon themselves to purchase that white object which is an iPod. Now while some might argue this is a good thing as iPods are good (I disagree, but I don't want to start a flamewar), I say it is a bad thing as it is basically removing the choice of the consumer in the land of the free. As well, it will be negative for the Australian economy as there will be a great (judging from other countries' trends) outflux of money to Apple - which does not reside here in Australia. My advice: Buy locally, Aussies! Even BigPond Music is better than this!