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iTMS Now Available in the UK, France & Germany

iTMS - The 'Event'

Well, first viewing of the UK Store show's a limited range. Certainly not as extensive as the US one. So if there are 700,000 tracks available to UK users, what are they using to make up for the shortfall of those we can't buy?
I did the 'Oasis' album test.
8 available to US
5 to France and Germany
0 to UK
Shurely shome mistake!

Also, any ideas if Apple will be streaming the 'event' through QT?

hoping for better things
 
curmi said:
Or an Australian version.
Or a New Zealand version.
Or a Japanese version...

Perhaps you guys have forgotten that there are more countries in the world than just the US, Britain, France, Germany and Canada (when you remember Canada which is rare)...
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Well once in a while I do remember about Sweden... :D
 
MikeTheC said:
I keep hearing about this country called, uh what was it again, oh yes, Canada. Anyone here know where it is? Last I heard, the only thing north of the U.S. was snow, ice, and polar bears... :p
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Canada eh? Whats all that aboot? ;)

I love dishing it out to my french canadian friends as much as they love dishing it out to me on the US. A good time.
 
well, it's all over for my dwindling bank account...

It is an ABSOLUTE disaster that they have allowed switch and solo payments, totally irresponsible. I now have about £70 less in my account, and there's so much more I need! to buy.

For the moment, I'm quite pleased with the content and that a lot of the US content is here, for broadening my mind, but there are some odd things... My personal hero, Elvis Costello, is hardly here, but his latest three albums are in the US (!?) (WTF?). Obviously no Radiohead, for reasons they've stated, lep zep? Supergrass? Manics and the flagged up lack of Coldplay and Travis and such due to Apple pulling a fast one on the independents (I find it hard to believe that after a bit of brinkmanship from both sides, they won't all sort it out). The lack of mention for the rest of the world is rather poor though. He could at least say, sorry folks, we're having a bit of trouble here...

Anyway I wandered past the launch on my way to a meeting, my offices are just across the river, I couldn't force my way in, but there was a very healthy media scrum, I did see his Steveness, but by hangin round the back I saw a stretch green rolls royce deposit Ms Keys and friends at the back of the old market., Sorry, no pics...

I can confirm there are about 30 billboards on the building, and these are all clearly visable from the river, though I don't know how long they'll stay there, I'll try and get a pic...

Have fun you lucky folks!

xxx
 
nitro said:
79p is a lot better than most people were expecting but Has anyone noticed that France and Germany (and the rest of europe when they get it) will only be paying 66p
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One more reason for the UK to join the EURO-zone...
ITMS-ing works great here in Germany..
Good job, Jobs...
:)
 
johnnyjibbs said:
I can see Canadians, and Europeans not in UK, France or Germany a little annoyed though. Oh and Australians. :(
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I don't know if we will EVER see a local iTMS here (in Australia)
 
centauratlas said:
It is called high taxes. (Yes, responding to the OT)

See (for example, http://www.saltspring.com/bobmcginn/gas_tax.htm):
In Europe, where tax revolts are out in the street, the main culprit is the value added tax, hidden at the pump but comprising 76.2% of the price in Britain, 69.1% in France, 56.5% in Italy and 67.9% in Germany. Of course, as the cost of oil goes up, the VAT adds an escalating hidden cost, enriching the governments in question.
Or

That compares to around $2.50 a gallon in taxes in Western Europe. [That was a year ago and it increases as a % of the taxes.]

So, the injustice is self-imposed by the governments.
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Its true. When you look at base gas prices and compare, say the UK and the United States without the taxes, we both pay about the same at the pump.

However, I think the UK has the right idea hear, given all the costs to society of driving an automobiles that are not accounted for in the US system. It makes sense to put a strong incentives in place to encourage drivers to efficient with their how they use their cars, and it also created the revenue necessary for a effective mass transit system, which is better for everybody.


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JDOG_ said:
(Off topic): And you guys pay nearly twice as much for everything in general...I'd be a little angry about that. Us American's whine our heads off about $2.50 gallons of gas while people in the U.K. pay close to $7.
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Just to be pedantic;
As an Englishman in the US I know how you guys think everything is Bigger and Better here - but a real (Imperial) gallon (like we have in the rest of the world) is Bigger than a US gallon - 1 US Gallon = 0.8327 Imperial Gallon.
So technically the US $2.50 a gallon is more like $3.00 a gallon.
$7 in the UK still hurts, but its nothing compared to clothes, electronics etc etc
I think the UK should dump Europe and sign up for the $ and US taxes - looking forward to the GBP 0.55 iTunes track.
Started converting my family in the UK to Macs - but they are really getting impatient for the mini iPods..............
 
European question

Sorry, this is somewhat off-topic, but given the discussion already underway here regarding currency, I have a question of my own.

Hey folks from Europe, I've got a question. Now that (apart from England) the Euro is your universal currency, what are the names for the different denominations? Example: $1 is "one dollar", and slang for dollar is "buck". If something is a fraction of a dollar, say $.50 (50¢), it is "50 cents". Now, I know in England, their slang for pound is "quid", and AFAIK, they refer to fractions of £1 as "pence" (SP?). In common usage here in the states, if something were to cost, say $1.50, we would say "one dollar and 50 cents" or "one dollar 50" and, unless I'm mistaken (by all means, folks, feel free to correct me), in England if something were £1.50 they would say "one pound 50". How does this work with Euros?

BTW, is there an explanation behind "quid"?

Thanks!
 
no radiohead....

jamesfowler2k said:
Why is there no radiohead do you know above poster? cheers i was looking for em a min ago
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'cos like Supergrass I think, they don't want parts of their albums downloaded without the full album, to do with the concept of an album (a bit like Mozart saying you can't have just the slow movement, you need the whole thing to appreciate my string quartets), although I have noticed that certain albums on the UK store, don't allow you to download every track, just one or two and list the others with a BUY ALBUM button beside them, same with some of the classical (for the classical it's a price thing, since a symphony may only have "four tracks/movements" it would be a little too good to be true to buy the whole symphony for 79p x 4.)

I haven't heard any more from the oxford lads for about six months on this issue, but I hope it changes, although I do in fact own on CD all the radiohead money can buy...
 
centauratlas said:
It is called high taxes. (Yes, responding to the OT)

See (for example, http://www.saltspring.com/bobmcginn/gas_tax.htm):
In Europe, where tax revolts are out in the street, the main culprit is the value added tax, hidden at the pump but comprising 76.2% of the price in Britain, 69.1% in France, 56.5% in Italy and 67.9% in Germany. Of course, as the cost of oil goes up, the VAT adds an escalating hidden cost, enriching the governments in question.
Or

That compares to around $2.50 a gallon in taxes in Western Europe. [That was a year ago and it increases as a % of the taxes.]

So, the injustice is self-imposed by the governments.
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My 2 cents on that slightly off-topic subject. It's not that the European prices of petrol are too high, it's that the US price is way too low. It's an aberration. The government should be levying enormous taxes on it to pay for environmental damage from all those oil-guzzling SUVs (it's an example). But the petrol lobby is way too powerful in the US (Bush - check, Cheney - check, etc...) and the american people love their trucks way too much for that to happen.
So, Europeans rejoice, you are doing some good (even though the cash levied by European governments' tax on petrol does not go to the protection of the environment).

Oh well... Let's go back to lighter matters. Where is my Powerbook G5?? :)
 
DJY said:
I don't know if we will EVER see a local iTMS here (in Australia)
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It's a shame eh. It's not that we believe we'll take a while... we actually believe it will NEVER be released here - same as for the iPhoto printing options.

It's a VERY good argument for allowing other music stores to sell AACs!
 
MikeTheC said:
Sorry, this is somewhat off-topic, but given the discussion already underway here regarding currency, I have a question of my own.

Hey folks from Europe, I've got a question. Now that (apart from England) the Euro is your universal currency, what are the names for the different denominations? Example: $1 is "one dollar", and slang for dollar is "buck". If something is a fraction of a dollar, say $.50 (50¢), it is "50 cents". Now, I know in England, their slang for pound is "quid", and AFAIK, they refer to fractions of £1 as "pence" (SP?). In common usage here in the states, if something were to cost, say $1.50, we would say "one dollar and 50 cents" and, unless I'm mistaken (by all means, folks, feel free to correct me), in England if something were £1.50 they would say "one pound 50". How does this work with Euros?

BTW, is there an explanation behind "quid"?

Thanks!
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€1.50 would be 1 euro 50 or 1 euro 50 cents. But that's in english. In french it goes 1 euro 50 or 1 euro 50 centimes (like with the now-defunct franc). I think the jargon is country-specific.
 
NicoMan said:
The government should be levying enormous taxes on it to pay for environmental damage from all those oil-guzzling SUVs (it's an example).
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Somehow i think that's the last thing Bush's government would be spending the taxes on
 
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