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

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Quick someone register itunesproxy.com by Foofoobar · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Register itunesproxy.com before apple does!!!

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  2. HA HA HA HA by jhfry · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I bet that the poster of this article is exploring his options, after all, he's not allow to purchase his media legally, so perhaps he would be better served by a free alternative?

    I am sure Apple did it only to make someone else happy (labels, investors, foreign governments, us government, etc...) however, it's ridiculous to suggest that this will do anything but increase piracy.

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  3. it hasn't been enforced by stress_weenie · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This policy is not new. It has been around for at least a year. But I live outside the US (and I am a US citizen... not that it matters in this case) and I still regularly purchase and download and watch TV shows and movies on iTunes. In fact, it is the only software that lets me do this. Amazon and other alternatives disable their service outside the US.

    1. Re:it hasn't been enforced by Ertman · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Amazon even disables their service within the US if you don't use a US credit card. (I can walk into any record store in the US while on vacation and buy a CD or DVD using my credit card, but I can't buy songs or videos from Amazon because I don't have a US billing address. How silly.)

  4. iTunes Plus by argent · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's cheap, DRM-less, and easy. And it doesn't install a helper application into your browser, just waiting for someone to figure out how to slide an exploit into a ".amz" file.

    For Safari under Leopard, to remove that erroneous tagging of ".amz" as "safe" (there's no such thing as a "safe" file), remove the entry from ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.DownloadAssessment.plist .

  5. Re:Geography - not nationality by davecb · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Odd, I have a Canadian credit card and itunes still takes my money (;-))

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  6. Re:You are subject to laws of where you live by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It also is quite wrong. It is legal to own "Mein Kampf" in Germany. It is not legal to sell, give or even show it to somebody else. It is also illegal to purchase it as far as I know.
    Possession however is fine.