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iTunes Canada - June 15th too?

How about this question: Is there a certain percentage of inventory in a record store that must be Canadian content? If so, could the iTMS simply have the same percentages and be done with it? Basically I'm asking how iTMS differs from, say, HMV or Tower Records.
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My guess is the CRTC will demand Canadians buy 30% Canadian. Wonderful I'll have to buy three Gordon Lightfoot tunes to get the seven tunes I actually want. Then I'll discover one of the canadian tunes must be in french.
 
Canuck said:
My guess is the CRTC will demand Canadians buy 30% Canadian. Wonderful I'll have to buy three Gordon Lightfoot tunes to get the seven tunes I actually want. Then I'll discover one of the canadian tunes must be in french.
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I don't really see how this is enforcable at all, so I hope your'e kidding.

I'm sorry to agree with some of the above posters, but I doubt that we'll be seeing any iTunes action in Canada for quite some time -- we're a small market that has basically already embraced piracy.
 
Jim_N_Tonik said:
I don't really see how this is enforcable at all, so I hope your'e kidding.

I'm sorry to agree with some of the above posters, but I doubt that we'll be seeing any iTunes action in Canada for quite some time -- we're a small market that has basically already embraced piracy.
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Duff-Man says....I think he is definitely kidding...actually sounded a lot like something I might have said!

Not exactly the most reputable source (to be polite) but today MacOSRumors says:
*New advertising campaign, reports from Canadian music industry sources suggest iTunes Music Store may be at long last available in Canada by year's end. The grapevine believes an announcement could come as soon as Steve Jobs returns to full-time onsite work in Cupertino....
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As I said...it is from MOSR and as such should be taken for what that is worth....oh yeah!
 
I don't believe Canada is even on the radar for iTunes. Apple has some bigger fish to fry in the downloads market. And maybe they think since it's legal to download from P2P sites that Canadians might not embrace a service where you pay.
 
I think Canadians will embrace iTunes downloads. It's not about it being legal to download, it's about easy access to consistently good quality and ethically obtained music.
 
jimjiminyjim said:
I think Canadians will embrace iTunes downloads. It's not about it being legal to download, it's about easy access to consistently good quality and ethically obtained music.
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The only reason you'd say "ethically" is if you were ignoring the media tax we're already paying -- unless you like to pay the record companies twice for the music you buy? And note I'm saying the record companies and not the artist.

I actually think it'd be better to copy your friends CD and send a couple bucks directly to the artist than to buy music off of iTunes at the moment (in Canada, not legal elsewhere that I'm aware of) because you're sending the money to the artist instead of the label.

Of course I have no problems with iTunes, and would love to see it grow, but the biggest thing I want to see happen is artists getting the money they deserve -- this probably won't happen while the labels are getting such a big cut. iTunes is a great opportunity for this to happen, and this is why I want to see it in Canada :)

Anyway, please don't bring up the "ethics" question -- in the States you can play that card if you want, but in Canada the argument holds no water.

- Jim
 
What about Harddrives? Check the apple store when you're buying an iPod.

I haven't bought one for a while now, so I'm not sure if the tax is on all harddrives yet, but it will be. The labels are getting their money, don't worry about them -- worry about the artists.
 
While I don't have an iPod or other portable hard drive either, I can see your point. I also whole-heartedly agree that it would be much better to send our money direct to the artist, rather than through the record companies. Of course, to be fair, record companies pump millions of dollars into advertising and getting us psyched about various albums and artists. They have worked for some of the money... just not quite as much as they take.
 
I agree with you.

The only thing I want to add is that I wasn't only talking about portable harddrives -- the media tax will supposedly include all harddrives eventually.

The record companies do earn a lot of their money -- the thing I find funny is that they spend most of their time promoting songs I don't listen to, and the bands that I do listen to get left on the back burner :)

I'm hoping that iTunes (possibly coupled with something like www.audioscrobbler.com for publicity) will eventually replace the current system.

- Jim
 
A New Hope?

BERLIN, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Apple Computer (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) is planning the next wave of expansion for its popular iTunes online music store with a multi-country European launch in October, the service's chief architect said on Wednesday.

"We are well on pace to launch more EU stores. We will do it next month," Eddie Cue, Apple's vice president of applications told music executives at the annual Popkomm conference in the German capital.

In typical Apple style, the computer maker gave scant details of the hotly anticipated launch. He told reporters on the sidelines it would likely include more than five new countries in the next wave of stores.

"It will cover a good portion of Western Europe," he said of the launch, but declined to elaborate.
 
Apple Canada website navigation updated

I just noticed that the "Switch" tab that has been on the Apple Canada website forever has finally been replaced with "iPod+iTunes" (the French version still says "Switch"). This could be another indicater that iTMS is finally coming to Canada. Either that or I have WAY too much time on my hands :rolleyes:
 
havok416 said:
I just noticed that the "Switch" tab that has been on the Apple Canada website forever has finally been replaced with "iPod+iTunes" (the French version still says "Switch"). This could be another indicater that iTMS is finally coming to Canada. Either that or I have WAY too much time on my hands :rolleyes:
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It's been like that for like a month now, I believe. I noticed that too, but I don't believe it's an indication of the ITMS coming to Canada. That "switch" tab was already waaay past its expiry date, and Apple changing the tab to "iPod+iTunes" only makes logical sense.

Noah
 
Man this thread refuses to die! :rolleyes: I wonder if anyone from Apple Canada looks at the thread title and thinks that we may be just a little anxious to buy from the iTMS... I just hope the don't read the title and think "Suckers!"
 
Raid said:
Man this thread refuses to die! :rolleyes: I wonder if anyone from Apple Canada looks at the thread title and thinks that we may be just a little anxious to buy from the iTMS... I just hope the don't read the title and think "Suckers!"
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They are all probably over at Apple reading the title and thinking:

"Yeah, June 15th, we could have it running by then..."
 
R.I.P. This Thread

"iTMS Canada November 26?"

"According to one unconfirmed source, marketing materials are being completed for a November 26th announcement of a localized version of the iTMS for Canada. Details are slim, but songs are expected to be listed at $0.99 Canadian."


Goodbye old friend, this longtime thread will be sorely missed.
 
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