Itunes stores in different countries

You cannot do this. It has to do with licensing/legal issues. You can only buy items from a certain country if you have a billing and residential address there. It's not Apple's decision - it's the record companies.

There is no "European" store.
There are stores for specific countries.

In order to purchase from a specific country store, you must have a credit card issued from a bank in that country as well as a billing address in that country.

This is how the copyright owners want it.

What if I gave someone in Brazil my username and password, they logged into itunes, shopped around and added songs to the cart, and began download of those songs? Since I'm an American citizen, and my credit card info is usa based, etc., would the person in Brazil still nto be able to download? I mean, wouldn't they still block the downlod because they determine that the IP address is coming from Brazil? I'm not so sure it's simply credit card and licensing issues. I mean, if I'm traveling to Brazil, log into itunes, download songs using my USA credit card etc. I think the download will simply not work because I'm physically in Brazil. Period. This has been the case with popular video download services etc. I'm an American with the same account info and credit card info I always use in the States. But by me simply traveling and physically being located in Brazil, I'm still not allowed to download! So I understand the cpyright, licensing and credit card billing address stuff. But I think people should also also mention that no matter how you're setup credit card wise etc., you must also be physically in the country that you're trying to download from.

I haven't tried this with itunes yet, but i cant imagine it working for itunes either.

When I travel to Brazil, virtually every web-based application I have access to in the United States stops working, i.e. popular video download services etc. I can get to all of these sites just fine, but upon login to the sites, they tell me that the application is only available for use within the United States.

I even heard that even though you can buy an iPod in Brazil, there's no access to buy songs from iTunes:

search online for the itunes in brazil petition.

So even though there's an Apple Brasil website, there's not an iTunes for Brazil!

So here's my question: If I were to buy an iPod in the United States and also buy a Subscription, redeemable points, or whatever gift, would I be able to buy and listen to songs from the iTunes store while I'm traveling in Brazil?

One would assume yes. But I think this is one of the industry's best-kept secrets. For example, if your girlfriend goes to school in another country, and you visit her with an electronic gift like an iPod, there's a strong chance that gift won't work with the iTunes site.

I asked some people about the iPod once thinking that I was wrong. They were very confused when I asked them; but when they returned with an answer from several supervisors, they told me some sorta crazy workaround about buying an iPod in US using a Brazilian credit card, or vice-versa, and it would work. I forget what they said, but it was such a hassle that I tuned out.

Is there a restriction preventing me from purchasing an iPod for people who live outside of the United States which will prevent them from connecting to the iTunes store? I know they can connect to the Internet, and they can own and use the iPod; but does iTunes store allow downloads and purchases from outside the United States, specifically Brazil?

Again, sounds like an easy "Duh! yes!" But before you answer with a guess, note that if the iPod does allow this for Brazil, it would be the FIRST time I've heard or seen this work for such a service. I would LOVE it...but, something so simple has proven to not be the case. Remember, popular sites for video downloads and other popular international sites do NOT work in Brazil, meaning they do not allow the downloads and display a message saying "service not allowed or authorized for use in Brazil."

HELP!

*Is there a restriction preventing me from purchasing an iPod for people who live outside of the United States which will prevent them from connecting to the iTunes store?*
The iPod has absolutely nothing to do with connecting to the iTunes store or purchasing songs.

Exactly. They're not connected. While anyone can buy an iPod, there's a strong possibility that you can't purchase anything from iTunes, since as you say, the iPod has nothing to do with iTunes. That's the problem. The only solution for people in Brazil who receive an iPod as a gift from someone outside of Brazil is to download MP3's illegally from the Internet.

CurtisCee wrote:
The only solution for people in Brazil who receive an iPod as a gift from someone outside of Brazil is to download MP3's illegally from the Internet.

Or, they could rip their own legally purchased CDs and load those on to their iPods. Or they could buy other, legal mp3s from sites licensed to sell in Brazil (i don't know if these exist but I be they do.)

Some of us have owned iPods since before there were any iTunes Stores and managed to enjoy them just fine.

I'm an American who has recently moved to Australia. I use my U.S. billing address / credit card and I am able to access and download anything on the US iTunes site.

I've tried to use my Australian credit card to buy my shows and I can only purchase through the Aussie version of iTunes.

Does anyone know if you can buy a gift card overseas and have it work on your international account? I'd like to buy a gift card in Australia and apply it to the U.S. store, but haven't done so because I'm afraid that it will only be available for the Aussie iTunes and um, er, there isn't anything I'd be interested in there.

Thanks!

Does anyone know if you can buy a gift card overseas and have it work on your international account?

No. Gift cards, gift certificates, song codes, etc. are only valid in the country of issue. You cannot use a Australian prepaid card in any other iTunes Store.