Buying songs from other countries listed in the iTunes Stores

I discovered the overseas iTunes Stores this evening. Being a Greek-Australian I was very excited at the prospect of being able to download music from Greece.

My excitement came from the fact that I returned from a holiday in Greece in early November and having looked at the Greek iTunes Store, realised that my favourite Greek artist is presently at the top of the charts in Greece.

I rushed to sign up only to discover that I can not purchase from the Greek iTunes Store. I came on here to do some research and I am now very disappointed.

For me, the Australian iTunes Store is a complete waste of time. In my opinion, it should be all or nothing. Provide the service of allowing customers to purchase music from all over the world or simply restrict them to the store of their country of origin.

As i said i'd be happy to pay (reasonable) aditional costs.
Tis the availability and ease of purchase that is the winner.
Ie i see it, i pay for it and i'm listening to it 5-10min's later.

As to customs I regularly order DVD's from out of country, never had one stopped by customs.

As i said i'd be happy to pay (reasonable) aditional costs.[/b
Then you should contact the artists/labels/comyright owners and let them know.
Apple can ONLY sell them where the copyright owners let them.
As to customs I regularly order DVD's from out of country, never had one stopped by customs.
Doesn't mean they can't.

Hello to everyone, I am brand new to Itunes, I am doing this for my younger daughter. On the question of buying in other countries, I have a unique situation. I am a US resisdent with US bank accounts. I am working for the US Army overseas in Belgium and have belgian bank accounts also. So I have a US address (APO) through the military and a local Belgian residence also.
My daughters were both born in Belgium and have dual nationalities (US & Belg). So being in this situation, will I be able to purchase from the US also?? I know I can buy in Belgium due top my email address when I signed up today. I was told I could only use the Belgian store.
Appreciate any outlook on this. I was not able to find a contact point for apple on the web site.

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You purchase based on from which country you have your credit card and where it's billing address is. If you have a credit card issued by a US bank and it has a billing address in the US, then should be able to use that card to open an account in the US iTunes Store. If you only have a Belgian credit card, then the Belgian store is the only one you'll be able to use.

I recieved a gift card from my sister-in-law who lives in Canada and I live in the U.S. She had no idea that she had to create a new user for the U.S. and then buy a gift card for me using that user.

So, now I can't redeem my Canadian gift cards or set up an account there to redeem them because I don't live there.

How do I redeem my Canadian gift cards in the U.S.? Can I exchange them at a retail store?

She had no idea that she had to create a new user for the U.S. and then buy a gift card for me using that user.

That wouldn't have worked, since without a US credit card, she wouldn't have been able to buy through the US iTunes Store.

How do I redeem my Canadian gift cards in the U.S.?

Sorry, but you cant.

Can I exchange them at a retail store?

Again sorry, but no, at least not through Apple Stores. If the cards were purchased from some other retailer that has both US and Canadian stores, then it would be up to that retailer.

Probably your only recourse is to send the card back to your sister-in-law and have her use it or (if possible) return it, and then send you something else. The virtual impossibility of cross-border gifting is unfortunate, but it's the way it is (for all download store, as far as I know), at least for now.

I understand that i can only by from canada itunes and not us so heres my question when will ituens canada come out with movies for ur ipod like the u.s store for example 10 things i hate about you ect

oh and i dont like to be mean but i the itunes canda music video library thing really ***** its missing more then half of the good music videos that have been out for years

My question is along the same lines. Established international artists (like the Tragically Hip) have iTunes selections available on the US store as well the native (Canada) store. Is it guaranteed that when new albums are released later to the US that they will become available in the US iTunes store?

Is it guaranteed that when new albums are released later to the US that they will become available in the US iTunes store?

No, by no means is it guaranteed that any artist's release will ever appear on the iTunes Store. It's up to the artist and their US represenatation (if any) and sometimes the artist or the US rights holder won't grant the rights. If an artist is already in the US iTunes Store, then the chances are good that new releases will also be made available, but again it's by no means guaranteed. Sometimes a guest artist blocks the availability, sometimes the artist changes record companies and the new company won't play ball, and sometimes the artist just decides not to make the release available (some artists don't want an album sold as individual tracks, for instance).

For items that are avilable in the U.S. would they ever become available to iTunes New Zealand? or are we just out of luck?

Does apple deal with all the record companies for licensing or is that up to apple in each company?

I live in Canada iTMS account. No problems there. I am a Danish national and wish to purchase a song in the Danish iTMS.

1) I get a gift card next time I'm there
2) I set up an account with my address there
3) I buy the song.

Now that I have song on my laptop and I switch my account on my iTMS client software back to the Canadian store. Will the song purchased from the Danish store still work since it won't be able to reconcile the fact that I'm now a Canadian subscriber? It won't allow me to have two accounts with the same e-mail so now I have to create an account for each e-mail address. Will the iTunes software allow me to play all my purchased music from the different countries?



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Does anyone know when Movies and TV shows will be availble on the UK itunes site. I went to the US to buy seasons 1 & 2 of Desperate Housewives and I couldn't. They have been released here!!!
Thanks

Sorry, but as has been said here many times already, the movie studios (so far only Disney and Paramount even in the US) have not licensed Apple to sell movies outside of the US. There's nothing Apple can do unless and until they're granted the rights. When, or indeed if, this will happen, no one can say, though Apple has said that they hope to be able to offer movies internationally sometime in 2007.

As to TV shows, there have been no indications if, much less when, the show owners will ever license Apple to sell them outside the US.

Again, sorry, but we'll all just have to wait and see.

I am Canadian... I am trying to buy video from the American store, only to have learned that I am NOT able to buy from it. I DID NOT KNOW THIS previously and have purchased a video iPod. Does anyone know how long it will be until Canadian subscribers will be able to have the services which SHOULD be entitled to everyone? Also, where would be a good place to download video if I CANNOT do it here?