Apple's Terms No Longer Allow ITMS Purchases Outside of US

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Apple's Terms No Longer Allow ITMS Purchases Outside of US

Posted by timothy on Tuesday February 3, 2009 @03:57AM from the just-a-test-to-see-if-you're-reading-the-terms dept.

JasonDT writes "I just accepted the new terms of service for iTunes and found that I will no longer be allowed to access US iTunes outside of the United States. This may seem like no big deal but, I am a US citizen living abroad and I regularly purchase and view TV and movies from AppleTV. Not to mention US citizens just traveling abroad. Does anyone know if this has been enforced or have themselves been affected by this?"

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Re:Amazon MP3 by Lars+T. · 2009-02-03 05:10 · Score: 5, Informative

Try out Amazon MP3.
It's cheap, DRM-less, and easy. Plus
... it can't be used outside the USA either. Great alternative there.

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To the guy who modded me down from perfect to terrible Karma - Apple haters still suck
Re:HA HA HA HA by FerociousFerret · 2009-02-03 07:28 · Score: 5, Informative

Bought that song on your computer at work? Want to listen to it on your computer at home? Well guess what, charlie, unless you find some obscure bullshit setting in some hidden window in some far off corner of some far off menu in iTunes, $1 more shall go to the Steve.

What??!?!? Do you not know how to transfer a file from one computer to another??? Find the file in your music library, email it to yourself or put it on a thumb drive or whatever, and load it on your home computer. When prompted, input your iTMS account info to get the DRM key to play the file (that is assuming you used a different iTMS account on your work computer than your home computer). Seriously, this "obscure bullshit setting in some hidden window" is just stupid talk.