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Q: Why can't I buy music from an iTunes Store in another country?

Apple says that: "Each type of content on the iTunes Store has different availability based on the country in which you reside." Why? This seems totally ridiculous in a globalized society. I can't even buy my old friend's new album because we now live in different countries. But I can buy a hard copy CD if I have I have the time and money to travel there. Is there any prospect of change to this crazy restriction?

Posted on Mar 9, 2014 4:01 AM

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  • by King_Penguin,

    King_Penguin King_Penguin Mar 9, 2014 4:11 AM in response to Percu
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    Mar 9, 2014 4:11 AM in response to Percu

    The restriction is there at the requirement of the content providers - they license their content to Apple to sell on a country-by-country basis, each country therefore has to have its own store and you have to be in a country (and have a billing address in that country on your account) to use its store. You can try requesting that the album be added to your country's store, but unless your friend and/or the rights-holder agrees to it then Apple won't be able to sell it there : http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunes.html

  • by dot.com,

    dot.com dot.com Jan 5, 2015 9:53 PM in response to King_Penguin
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    Jan 5, 2015 9:53 PM in response to King_Penguin

    Are you saying if I move from country a to country b that i risk loosing access to the music i bought legally while in country a now that i live in country b?? Eeeks - please tell me that is not the case?

     

    THanks

  • by gail from maine,

    gail from maine gail from maine Jan 5, 2015 9:57 PM in response to dot.com
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    Jan 5, 2015 9:57 PM in response to dot.com

    Depends on what you mean by "losing access". If you have the music in your iTunes Library, then as Niel already indicated to you in the other thread, the music is yours to use as you wish. If you have it in iTunes in the Cloud, and do not have it downloaded, then you will not have access to it until you sign into the iTunes store for the country where you purchased the items.

     

    GB

  • by dot.com,

    dot.com dot.com Jan 5, 2015 10:42 PM in response to gail from maine
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    Jan 5, 2015 10:42 PM in response to gail from maine

    Thanks - this is really bizarre if you travel much or move from country to country. But appreciate the info...