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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. 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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    Sometimes the best solution is to stop wasting time looking for an easy solution.
  2. 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 .

  3. 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.