Buying Music from International iTunes Stores?

Recently I tried to buy music from the French iTunes Stores because some of the music I want I can't find in the US store. But it won't let me. Itunes wants me to start a new account and give them a french credit card and all that. Well anyways, my question is... Is it possible to buy music from the French iTunes Store (or any other) with my US account? Or can I buy a gift certificate so I can buy there? I really need to know because I don't think I can go on without some Diam's music videos any longer (hehe) 🙂

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Posted on Nov 1, 2006 11:26 PM

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Nov 1, 2006 11:35 PM in response to acid_rain3075

This question is asked frequently so I'll just quote the most complete answer (courtesy of Dave Sawyer) from the many given:

In order to buy from any given country's iTunes Music Store, you must have 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.

Nov 2, 2006 12:17 PM in response to Zevoneer

There must be something wrong with the selection for the Swedish store. For instance, we can only buy the Italian version of the Lion King OST and several audio book series lack the first and other parts. Looks like someone just configured it wrong. Is there any place you can ask about this (or submit a bug report of sorts)?

/Micke

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