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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: iTunes |
| Date | Wed, 23 May 2007 13:40:38 -0400 |
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At Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 10:26:47 Michael wrote:
>You can't. I have tried also. You need a friend in the UK,
>or from what I have read a credit card from the UK.
> But since you reside in the US and your credit card is
>US based, you cannot buy from the UK store.
> Due to licensing from what I understand.
Yup.
It's because the artists and the labels have deals that relate to
territories. And even now with the barriers of territory in name only, the
labels still have antiquated terminology in their deals that relate to sales
in specific countries...not in terms of global sales. For instance, some
bands don't have recipricol deals with their parent label for certain parts
of the world (our act Harem Scarem is signed to us in North America, but a
Warner Music affiliate in Japan), so each label is responsible for iTunes in
the territory in which the have rights. Alas, bands with universal (small
"u") distribution get caught in the web that is this territorial parsing
where downloading is concerned.
Jaimie Vernon,
President, Bullseye Records
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