It's not the fact that the prices differ, it the fact that a customer with a credit card in one EU country can't buy songs from the itunes store of a diffirent country. EU law says that EU citizens are free to buy goods or services from anywhere in the EU without any any rescrictions.
To be fair it's not apples fault it the record companies who won't allow the tracks to be distributed under the same liecence through out the EU. Cases like this will push through laws requiring the harmonising of EU IP laws.
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Would it not be better to combine all the stores into one huge store and so expose these smaller artists to a much wider audience rather than the big 5 labels just pushing the latest teen act?
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It's not the fact that the prices differ, it the fact that a customer with a credit card in one EU country can't buy songs from the itunes store of a diffirent country. EU law says that EU citizens are free to buy goods or services from anywhere in the EU without any any rescrictions. To be fair it's not apples fault it the record companies who won't allow the tracks to be distributed under the same liecence through out the EU. Cases like this will push through laws requiring the harmonising of EU IP laws.
Yes, but I meant his work was done at the University of Manchester.
Ahhh, Rutherford another Manchester boy.
Would it not be better to combine all the stores into one huge store and so expose these smaller artists to a much wider audience rather than the big 5 labels just pushing the latest teen act?
Time to replace the tooth fairy with the multi-billion dollar medical companies.
My CATS breath smells of catfood. Get it right!