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Apple's Terms No Longer Allow ITMS Purchases Outside of US
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?"
What do you have to say about Apple's warm and fuzzy user-friendly DRM now?
"Well, at least you can always burn it to CD then re-rip it..."
Anyone have a pool going for how long Apple will stay afloat after the rapidly
deteriorating Jobs shuffles off this mortal coil?
Guess what, jackass, apple represents one of, if not THE, largest marketplace for selling music. They have very effectively situated themselves in a position that makes them almost irreplaceable. Why do you think people don't use amazon? Or why yahoo failed? Or why microsoft's VASTLY superior subscription model is ignored? Do any of you people ever pull your head out of your asshole for long enough to realize that maybe, JUST MAYBE that company that is constantly boasting record profit and record stock growth might. just. MAYBE be after your wallet?
Apple is in the same position as wal-mart. Wal-mart goes to manufacturing companies and tells them to start making their packages smaller so that they will save money on diesel fuel. Guess what happens? They do it. They do it because if wal-mart stops selling their goods, they're going to take a major hit in the wallet.
Apple is NOT on your side. Get over it.
guess what jackass, you clearly have no clue on how the music industry, specifically music distribution, works.
unlike you, repvik knows what he's talking about. the only person that should STFU is you. next time maybe instead of going on some diatribe and looking like a complete fool, you could learn something about what you are talking about.
It's nice of you to take a break from shooting up weddings and killing babies to share your thoughts with us.