iTunes Canada - June 15th too?

[MacRumors]

One source provides evidence that iTunes Canada will also launch alongside iTunes Europe on June 15th.

iTunes Europe has been rumored to launch this month.

[JohnGillilan]

It's about damn time . . .

[DJMad]

It would be nice but at the same time I don't understand the canadains complaining about Europe before them. Population of Europe 400million, population of Canada 30million. Just think about it.

[dho]

OK people its wwdc month.

A mjor rumor each day untill wwdc

good news, lets hope its true.

After canada and europe, what would he next move likely be?

[ingenious]

Originally Posted by dho

OK people its wwdc month.

A mjor rumor each day untill wwdc

good news, lets hope its true.

After canada and europe, what would he next move likely be?

Japan?!?!

[Trowaman]

Originally Posted by Calebj14

Japan?!?!

Drat, beat me too it.

I would suspect other Eurpoean countries will be waiting to join in as well. The Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Germany (They're out on the first three correct?)

but yeah definatly Japan, THEY HAVE A FLAGSHIP STORE*!!!!

*flagship store does not contain music for purchase, sorry.

[jettredmont]

Originally Posted by dho

After canada and europe, what would he next move likely be?

Sub-saharan Africa! Come on, you gotta give music to sub-saharan Africa!!!

Seriously, it would be logical by population to target Asia in general, Japan and China in particular, next. China's a bit of a sore spot to the music (and movie) industry, though, so I don't know how soon that would happen, if ever. But Japan would be the next biggie.

[LuniX]

If it helps for Apple to launch europe and canada together, why not anyway the sooner the better.

[joshbuddy]

its really sad that pure tracks and napster got the jump on itunes. but i'm just happy it might be finally happy. i'll be rather disappointed (some more) if it doesn't happen.

*j*

[diego]

ITMS Latin America (mexico actually) when???

[RealityMonster]

Originally Posted by DJMad

It would be nice but at the same time I don't understand the canadains complaining about Europe before them. Population of Europe 400million, population of Canada 30million. Just think about it.

Absolutely true. However, Canada has a lot of things going for it from Apple's perspective.

1) We're a hugely wired country. Lots of people have broadband.
2) Per capita, Canadians download (illegally) a lot of music. That's a lot of people that might be willing to end their wicked ways.
3) We're close to American pop culture. Music that sells Stateside should sell pretty well here, too.

[Jim_N_Tonik]

Originally Posted by RealityMonster

2) Per capita, Canadians download (illegally) a lot of music. That's a lot of people that might be willing to end their wicked ways.

The problem here is that it's actually legal for us to share music, so there shouldn't be as much incentive to switch. We're already paying the levy, so why pay more to get it from iTunes when limewire will work just as well?

Regardless, I really hope iTunes opens up in Canada soon, I think that it would do pretty well.

- Jim

[iBook]

How's this for a co-marketing campaign?

Buy a dozen doughnuts from Tim Horton's, get a free tune.

[topicolo]

Originally Posted by Jim_N_Tonik

The problem here is that it's actually legal for us to share music, so there shouldn't be as much incentive to switch. We're already paying the levy, so why pay more to get it from iTunes when limewire will work just as well?

Regardless, I really hope iTunes opens up in Canada soon, I think that it would do pretty well.

- Jim

actually, it's legal for us to leech, but not to upload

[iLilana]

Originally Posted by Jim_N_Tonik

The problem here is that it's actually legal for us to share music, so there shouldn't be as much incentive to switch. We're already paying the levy, so why pay more to get it from iTunes when limewire will work just as well?

Regardless, I really hope iTunes opens up in Canada soon, I think that it would do pretty well.

- Jim

I thought the levy was dumped a few months ago. I tried to figure out how much gets to the artist... apparently a significant amount was actually getting back.

[hvfsl]

Originally Posted by DJMad

It would be nice but at the same time I don't understand the canadains complaining about Europe before them. Population of Europe 400million, population of Canada 30million. Just think about it.

I didn't release that there was that few people in Canada, there are 60million in the UK alone.

[blue&whiteman]

Originally Posted by hvfsl

I didn't release that there was that few people in Canada, there are 60million in the UK alone.

the reason canada has so few people even though its the 2nd largest nation in land size is that much of the northern land there in unlivable. only Eskimo's really have the skills to live that far north. a good chunk of canada's land is above the arctic circle.

[Zaty]

According to AI, Steve Jobs has confirmed the launch of iTMS Europe on June 15. However, Canada was not mentioned.

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=484

[fartheststar]

Originally Posted by blue&whiteman

the reason canada has so few people even though its the 2nd largest nation in land size is that much of the northern land there in unlivable. only Eskimo's really have the skills to live that far north. a good chunk of canada's land is above the arctic circle.

Yeah, I'm always amazed that UK is 1/5 the size of Quebec with 2 x as many people as our whole country. And there are STILL "C" roads in Britain and old trails that have been in existance for a long time. In Canada, if it's not paved, it "isn't" a road for the most part.

But damnit, I want iTunes here.

[aethier]

Originally Posted by hvfsl

I didn't release that there was that few people in Canada, there are 60million in the UK alone.

The reason is, who wants to live in a place where it is bloody cold in the winter which starts in november and stays until around april. and summer that is so damn hot and humid (at least in montreal, don't really know about the rest of the country)

and it would have to have french music, or it would lose out on about 90% of canada's second largest population, which is about 90% of is french 7% english and the rest like chinese and stuff. granted french people listen to american music, we still have a lot of good french music.

aethier

[bryanc]

Originally Posted by aethier

The reason is, who wants to live in a place where it is bloody cold in the winter which starts in november and stays until around april.

I wish! Winter starts in early October and lasts until mid May in Edmonton. And the summer is not only hot, but filled with mosquitos the size of helicopters.

Still, it's not really that bad a place to live. Great University, excellent festivals, nice-sized city (big enough to have everything one might want, but small enough not to be plagued with big-city-problems), and a good economy. It's also really nice in the fall (after the first frost kills the 'skeeters but before it starts getting cold).

But the worst thing about living in Edmonton is the lack of the iTMS!

[naim_merchant]

Originally Posted by aethier

The reason is, who wants to live in a place where it is bloody cold in the winter which starts in november and stays until around april. and summer that is so damn hot and humid (at least in montreal, don't really know about the rest of the country)

and it would have to have french music, or it would lose out on about 90% of canada's second largest population, which is about 90% of is french 7% english and the rest like chinese and stuff. granted french people listen to american music, we still have a lot of good french music.

aethier

I realize the above individual is joking, but when I read that I just had to register and say something. First of all, to the individual who agrandized Edmonton, it needs to be said that Edmonton is a hole (I lived there long enough to know). On the other hand, the winters here in Vancouver get about as cold as they do in London, and last about four months at the most. There's beautiful beaches, mountains and the ocean surrounding the city and everyone speaks English. The summers aren't nearly as hot as they are in the rest of the country, and this city is known as one of the most beautiful in the world. There's also a hell of alot more to do here than Edmonton (let's be realistic buddy, there's nothing to do in Edmonton).

And I was also wondering, how will they set up the pricing for international users? Will it automatically send users to the Canada store, or will we have access to the same store and there will be some kind of currency conversion?

I wonder how they'll do it...

Na'im.

[Canuck Blue]

Originally Posted by DJMad

It would be nice but at the same time I don't understand the canadains complaining about Europe before them. Population of Europe 400million, population of Canada 30million. Just think about it.

Plllssssppt.....

[macnews]

It would be nice to launch Canada with Europe. With other services in both areas, Apple needs to get its butt going. They lost the McD's promo, were not the first major legal download in Europe or Canada. I'm sure they can still win the hearts and minds as the ipod is just red hot all over - but wait too much longer and the ipod sales may drop off outside the US if they can't sync their music. And please don't flame me - I'm sure there are ways around like buring a CD and re-ripping to MP3, but most people don't want that trouble. That is what makes iTunes/iPod so nice - it is easily seemless.

[gekko513]

Originally Posted by Macrumors

One source provides evidence that iTunes Canada will also launch alongside iTunes Europe on June 15th.

What kind of evidence? And if it's actually evidence, why is this just a page 2?