Can a Yank buy content on the United Kingdom version of "My Store"

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Can a Yank buy content on the United Kingdom version of "My Store"

There is content I would like to purchase that is not available on the US "My Store". It appears on the United Kingdom version however. But when I try to purchase it I get a message that my account is not set up for this. I realize there are currency conversion considerations, etc.

But is there a way for me to access and purchase UK content ?

imac g5, Mac OS X (10.5.2), PowerPC, 2.1 GHz, 2.5GB RAM

Posted on Jun 15, 2008 9:58 AM

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Zevoneer

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Jun 15, 2008 10:30 AM in response to dvj001

The issue of cross store purchasing comes up frequently so I'll just quote one of the most complete explanations (courtesy of Dave Sawyer) from the many given:

In order to buy from any given country's iTunes Music Store you must be able to show some form of residency which would be either:

a) a credit card with a billing address in that country, or

b) a mailing address in that country and a gift certificate or a prepaid card that was bought in that country.

If you cannot fulfill one of these two sets of conditions, you will not be able to purchase from any given country's iTMS.

.......this is due to restrictions placed on Apple by the record companies and other rights holders (who are often completely different from country to country and so all require their own individual negotiations and contracts), not by Apple's choice. And this also applies to all the legal download stores that carry major-label content, not just the iTMS.

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