Flynnstone said:
I used puretracks with VPC and a BigMac Coupon. Personally I didn't find cruising around it as nice as cruising the iTMS.
As for the DRM WMA I don't know any way to convert it to mp3 or other.
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iTunes Canada - June 15th too?
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I used puretracks with VPC and a BigMac Coupon. Personally I didn't find cruising around it as nice as cruising the iTMS.
As for the DRM WMA I don't know any way to convert it to mp3 or other.
phantompigger said:
Yeah, and the frustrating side of this is they don't HAVE to be Windows-only. Protected WMAs can work on Mac. As a developer, this annoys the heck out of me, because I know it's not because it's impossible.
noxes said:
It's already translated into French for the French store... This is no excuse. and for the significant amount of Canadian content into the store, there is already quite a lot on the US store, even if a lot of pple don't realize it ;-)
It's most likely a license issue like in any other countries... Be patient... It sucks, lol...
Banish the iTunes Canada Thread!@
Stupid iTunes Canada thread. Can we please delete this until further substantial rumors or announcements? Arn, please? It sits in the list, begging for attention, but never giving anything in return... Oh, the pain, the suffering... Please, please, please, banish this thread!
Stupid iTunes Canada thread. Can we please delete this until further substantial rumors or announcements? Arn, please? It sits in the list, begging for attention, but never giving anything in return... Oh, the pain, the suffering... Please, please, please, banish this thread!
This thread won't die until Itunes hits Canada. Even if its deleted, another will just take its place. Its like a multi headed hydra...jimjiminyjim said:
or worse... Powerbook G5 thread.
I've given up on waiting and move to vinyl instead. Afterall do we really expect that when we do get ITMS Canada, they will have stuff like Godspeed, Do Make Say Think, Silver Mount Zion, and other little known Canadian talent?
Although I may have to eat my words, as further inspection shows they DO HAVE: Broken Social Scene, the Weakerthans, Metric (now in LA). . . maybe there is hope.
Although I may have to eat my words, as further inspection shows they DO HAVE: Broken Social Scene, the Weakerthans, Metric (now in LA). . . maybe there is hope.
Duff-Man says...well, that might depend on whether Constellation (in the cases you name) and the other indie labels want to be there......and perhaps when we see how the deal with the British/Euro indie labels finally turns out (rumour has them signing on shortly) that will be some incentive for our Canadian indies to get on board. But, wouldn't you miss the nice fancy cd packages Constellation always makes? ....oh yeah!dvdh said:
I would definitely miss the package that Constellation makes. I think even they were offered on ITMS, I would still buy the LP. Somehow I expect it would be difficult to figure out a way to include a blueprint for a broken machine, smashed penny, litho of a train, and other little things in a download. . . .
Likewise, I would be surprised if Constellation was a willing participant in ITMS, unless of course, apple was willing to offer there material in lossless. From my experience most of Godspeed and Silver Mount Zion and does not benefit from any sort of compression.
There are other small time labels and artists in Canada that would greatly benefit from the expose that ITMS could give them, and I hope that they are carried (ie. Fred Eaglesmith for one or to speak more locally, Jacob Two Two and Black Boot Trio of Ottawa)
I guess that said, even just getting the store up and running with comparable content to the American counterpart (and better than puretracks) would be a great start. I trust, though, that Apple has this in the big plan.
Likewise, I would be surprised if Constellation was a willing participant in ITMS, unless of course, apple was willing to offer there material in lossless. From my experience most of Godspeed and Silver Mount Zion and does not benefit from any sort of compression.
There are other small time labels and artists in Canada that would greatly benefit from the expose that ITMS could give them, and I hope that they are carried (ie. Fred Eaglesmith for one or to speak more locally, Jacob Two Two and Black Boot Trio of Ottawa)
I guess that said, even just getting the store up and running with comparable content to the American counterpart (and better than puretracks) would be a great start. I trust, though, that Apple has this in the big plan.
Duff-Man says...a bit off-topic, but still related to your posts...in case you were not aware, you can download some authorized live GYBE stuff from the Live Music Archive - there are a few in there that are superb....oh yeah!
I'm not sure if this is news, or if I'd be fanning the flames of a false rumor (but I'm posting it anyway).
I checked out the iPod on the Apple Canada store, and beside the laser engraving ad there is a gifft certificate for the iTMS being offered... Now is this a sign of hope for us, or is Apple just being cruel?
P.S. I do have a screen capture, but I can't post it right now. I'll try to post it tonight from home.
I checked out the iPod on the Apple Canada store, and beside the laser engraving ad there is a gifft certificate for the iTMS being offered... Now is this a sign of hope for us, or is Apple just being cruel?
P.S. I do have a screen capture, but I can't post it right now. I'll try to post it tonight from home.
I saw that, too. I'm not going to read much into it, though, since I'm fairly confident that Apple Store for Canada is served from the US. The link wasn't clickable, either, so it's probably just an oversight.
Meh.
Meh.
Raid said:I'm not sure if this is news, or if I'd be fanning the flames of a false rumor (but I'm posting it anyway).
I checked out the iPod on the Apple Canada store, and beside the laser engraving ad there is a gifft certificate for the iTMS being offered... Now is this a sign of hope for us, or is Apple just being cruel?
P.S. I do have a screen capture, but I can't post it right now. I'll try to post it tonight from home.
Here (good catch, btw):
I don't think it means anything at all. The page is identical on the US Apple Store, complete with an unclickable Gift Certificate graphic.
Squire said:
No, you're not getting it, I just circled the fact that I was on the canadastore not the US store, just to save you from scanning through the url.
Rather than taking some random cap out of context.
ITMS FOR CANADA?
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APP...fZamOr1TsWHPf4/0.0.7.1.0.6.21.1.3.1.0.0.0.1.0
have a look at this link and tell me what's odd on the CANADA STORE page.....
Did you see an itunes gift certificate? I did...hmm....makes me dream of the day...
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APP...fZamOr1TsWHPf4/0.0.7.1.0.6.21.1.3.1.0.0.0.1.0
have a look at this link and tell me what's odd on the CANADA STORE page.....
Did you see an itunes gift certificate? I did...hmm....makes me dream of the day...
Codemonkey said:
Well, in that case, thanks for saving me from scanning through the URL.
I'm sure we'll get the iTMS eventually. I'm just wondering how high on Apple's list of "Things To Do" we are. You would think Canada and Australia/New Zealand would be next, or at least coming pretty soon. (I suppose those 127 million people living in Japan might be a lucrative market as well.)
Squire
Squire said:Well, in that case, thanks for saving me from scanning through the URL.
I'm sure we'll get the iTMS eventually. I'm just wondering how high on Apple's list of "Things To Do" we are. You would think Canada and Australia/New Zealand would be next, or at least coming pretty soon. (I suppose those 127 million people living in Japan might be a lucrative market as well.)
Squire
You're welcome then!
Yeah, I would hope Canada is at least on their radar. It's painful sometimes to sit and wait for a company to realize that we're a viable market. The way it was explained to me once was: would any US company just outright ignore the state of California? Of course not. But even though our populations are similar, Canada always seems to be less of a priority.
As one comic put it: maybe they're just ticked off 'cause their leader is finally dumber than ours.
I know iTMS would be an addiction for me. I work on a crap PC during the day and have found myself downloading Puretracks.com songs on a whim. AND that's after despising their DRM, their single-platform mentality and their crap music collection. LOL
I think what bites the hardest is two days after ITms for the UK opened I moved to Canada!
Damn
Viv
Damn
Viv
MacinDoc said:Come on, Apple, I've ordered that shiny new 4G iPod, now I need some tunes for it!
Congratulations!
I truly am envious. Any toys like that end up getting backburnered, it seems. Trying to pick up some web contracts on the side to pay for my gadgets.
I'm debating though - should I pay a premium to get a new 4G iPod, or keep an eye out for someone blowing out 3G iPods...
Edit: LOL I just peeked at your public profile. Must be nice...
jimjiminyjim said:
I'm just really looking forward to iTunes Canada.
And also really looking forward to this person's face when they see that this thread is still alive.
agentkow said:
I'm looking forward to iTunes Canada too. If I'd have realized what I was going to read in your post, I'd have set my camera to take a picture. Alas, you missed it.
And, to be honest, I'm over that outburst. You know the cycle of acceptance. Once you get over the denial that iTunes Canada isn't here yet, then there is the sadness and anger over that fact. I've gotten through that, and am even allowing the posted pics to give me a glimmer of hope. It's a rather weak glimmer... but it's something. Send me a message when you buy your first iTunes Canada song.