Studuke wrote:
Strange how iTunes will allow me to buy the music AGAIN and play it on my devices..as long as I pay Itunes
There's almost bound to be a simple solution to your issue, but if you persist in repeating the same thing out of frustration, you won't see it. May I suggest therefore, that you concentrate on moving forward, not venting your (understandable) anger.
If the music in your Library is from CDs, then you don't even need to be signed into an iTunes account to play them (unless I'm very mistaken). tt2 mentioned purchases from the (iTunes) store, but you imply that you don't have any music from the iTunes Store, so that should not be the issue and you don't need to be signed in. However, he did also ask if you're subscribed to Apple Music or iTunes Match, but you have not specifically answered that question. At this point, I'd say it's an important one. Nor have you answered the even more important question about whether your music plays in iTunes itself, but not on your devices, or doesn't even play in iTunes.
Personally, I would sign out from the store, sign back in if you need to, but make sure that you have the correct country selected, because what iTunes can do is see that you're signed into the UK store, but from Cyprus and that might be the problem, albeit mistaken. But if you have no music from the iTunes Store, don't sign in.
.I understand your point..I think…but not Apple’s logic…what difference does it make where I live ?
It's not Apple's call. The copyright owners of music decide where it can be sold, so while the digital version of a song may be available in the UK, it might not be available in Cyprus (for example). But as mentioned, this is not the problem if the music in your iTunes Library is from CDs (regardless of whether the original CD was available there): iTunes (and portable devices) know only whether a song is from their store, or not from their store. Therefore, neither iTunes nor the devices can determine whether a non-iTunes store song is available in a particular country. However, as tt2 mentioned, error messages can be faulty (or even misleading).
Suggestions made here, by both tt2 and myself, are intended to rule out causes, leaving just the route to the solution. But that means you need to answer the questions, not go off at a tangent.
Oh, two more points:
- if I'm not mistaken, I believe I have experienced the "not in this region" message, and yet I haven't moved
- iPods and iPads cannot decide on copyright matters for non-iTunes store music for a very simple reason: you might have taken the device on holiday to that well-known and very popular holiday destination of Cyprus
Kalinychta.
(Καλημέρα) - and no offence meant if you're in "a different part" of Cyprus.
