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Excellent detective work. And it looks as if there's no store above no 143461.strolch said:
So NZ presumably completes the list for the moment. Now why doesn't that flag come up?
iTMS Maaaaate!
Can see Russell Crowe now.....
So Russell, what is this about iTunes store for Austrlaia and New Zealand?
Maaaaate! Let me tell you maaaate! This is going to be big, and maaaaate, its will blow your socks off maaaaaate.
And when will it launch?
Maaaaaaate, let me tell you maaaaaate, April 31 maaaaate.
But Russell there are only 30 days in April...
What?! Want a punch in the head maaaaate?
Er, Russell, put down that flagon? There's a good Aussie bloke.
Maaaaate, don't call me a f******g Aussie maaaaaate. I'm a Kiwi maaaaaate. You know maaaaate, your a poofter maaaaate.....
And so on and so forth....
Maaaaaaate
Can see Russell Crowe now.....
So Russell, what is this about iTunes store for Austrlaia and New Zealand?
Maaaaate! Let me tell you maaaate! This is going to be big, and maaaaate, its will blow your socks off maaaaaate.
And when will it launch?
Maaaaaaate, let me tell you maaaaaate, April 31 maaaaate.
But Russell there are only 30 days in April...
What?! Want a punch in the head maaaaate?
Er, Russell, put down that flagon? There's a good Aussie bloke.
Maaaaate, don't call me a f******g Aussie maaaaaate. I'm a Kiwi maaaaaate. You know maaaaate, your a poofter maaaaate.....
And so on and so forth....
Maaaaaaate
It looks like Apple have achieved their goal. By holding out on Australia for so long, it looks like people are going to be so glad to finally have access to the store that they are not even going to complain about the $1.80/track price tag!
I am extremelly pumped for Thursday (which seems so much closer due to the puclic holiday yesterday) and will definitely be purchasing from the store, but $1.80 is bloody steep for a single track.
Canada (the store with by far the best per track price) is currently 99c per track. At today's exchange rate, this translates to $1.03 Australian dollars. Why then should we pay $1.80 per track!? That seems crazy.
Other figures:
.99Euro = A$1.65
.99US = A$1.27
I will conveniently leave out the conversion from pound to Australian dollar, because it does not support my argument. I think the Brits are being "pounded" by the exchange rate, and my sympathy goes out to them. But I still think $1.80 is too much per track.
I am extremelly pumped for Thursday (which seems so much closer due to the puclic holiday yesterday) and will definitely be purchasing from the store, but $1.80 is bloody steep for a single track.
Canada (the store with by far the best per track price) is currently 99c per track. At today's exchange rate, this translates to $1.03 Australian dollars. Why then should we pay $1.80 per track!? That seems crazy.
Other figures:
.99Euro = A$1.65
.99US = A$1.27
I will conveniently leave out the conversion from pound to Australian dollar, because it does not support my argument. I think the Brits are being "pounded" by the exchange rate, and my sympathy goes out to them. But I still think $1.80 is too much per track.
I don't know what album prices are like in Australia, but I would happily pay $17.99 for an album (I'm guessing that's what they'll go for on iTunes). Most albums are $26.95 (AU$25.20) here.
Remember, AU$17.99 is still cheaper than physically importing a CD from the USA.
Do the USA prices include tax? US$0.99 = NZ$1.53 after tax, assuming that the US price doesn't include tax.
Remember, AU$17.99 is still cheaper than physically importing a CD from the USA.
Do the USA prices include tax? US$0.99 = NZ$1.53 after tax, assuming that the US price doesn't include tax.
I agree ! Im an Australian who lives in Japan so I may wait until the store opens up here. $1.80 is way too much to pay for a single song (compared with other itunes)...But I knew it would happen - Australians always get the short end of the stick. Higher prices and less choice eg: region 4 movies....
Take a look at this
http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,15071934%5E8362,00.html
"The launch of an Australian iTunes Music Store has been greatly anticipated by users of the company's popular iPod MP3 players, who have been forced to break copyright laws to use their players."
I just can't believe this !! Sensational and unsupported facts
Take a look at this
http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,15071934%5E8362,00.html
"The launch of an Australian iTunes Music Store has been greatly anticipated by users of the company's popular iPod MP3 players, who have been forced to break copyright laws to use their players."
I just can't believe this !! Sensational and unsupported facts
AppleinJapan said:
And it continues on with "To store MP3 music on their iPods, users must illegally download music from the Internet"
cazlar said:
"About a dollar eighty" was what he said. He was actually understating the real price of $1.89.
At the time, he was specifically talking about Sanity.com.au (which is Destra Music). Most singles on Sanity are $1.89, including Russell's track:
http://sanity.destramusic.com/artist.asp?artistid=36911
The big question is: will Apple's Australian iTunes Music Store follow Destra's lead and charge $1.89 per track, or do they have enough bargaining power with the ARIA to undercut this existing price...?
timster said:
I hope they undercut existing prices, because individual tracks currently go for $1.99 here
Eh? Apple's iPod supports MP3 and AAC only. No WMA. In Australia, you can only obtain music electronically from stores that use the WMA format.AppleinJapan said:
Australia's laws do not allow you to copy music from one format to another. That means that ripping CDs to MP3 format is, in Australia, a violation of copyright law. Fact. Granted, it's a violation that's generally ignored, but that doesn't alter the legal situation: that you are legally barred from ripping CDs to MP3 or AAC format, and hence, the only way to be completely legal when using an iPod is to put your own music (as in music you, yourself, have written and performed) on it, or other music where you have explicit permission from the artist to do this.
Nermal said:
I think what he means is that you can't rip CDs.
Of course, in the words of the captain from Pirates of The Carribean:
Arrr.
What's legal and what isn't would depend on the wording of the law. For example, if the law says that it's illegal to copy music from a CD, then that would instantly make 'anti shock' CD players illegal because they copy the music into their RAM. So who knows what you guys are allowed to do.
Mitthrawnuruodo said:
Well.. I've known about Norway for some time since the date was in our newspapers. And it is on the front page. So I just switched the country name with Norway.
My first track will be from O.C. Supertones - Revenge of the Supertones if I don't re-decide.
strolch said:
Great! You're a genious! The link maker works. Click!
mmm.. feels great to actually browse the Norwegian music store!
Drawinz said:
How did you do that? That is über cool! I didn't find a way to change it to Norway yet. I was thinking about using the store-codes to try and sign up on a non-itunes machine. We now have all the new store-codes, so I thought it was worth a try. And I've heard Apple employees here in Norway are testing the services, so there's got to be some way to make this work..
https://phobos.apple.com/secureBag.xml
http://phobos.apple.com/storeBag.xml
two adresses of interest, that I found on the internet. If this works using basic html-knowledge, then Apple should really be ashamed of themselves..
Go to http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?artistId=878136&originStoreFront=143457 and follow the prompts to the norwegian site. Do a search and then click on browse. From here you find songs with the buy link. You will then get the opportunity to get an apple ID.
As further evidence for a New Zealand store, I got the following error message when I went to http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?artistId=878136&originStoreFront=143461:
Attachments
Yep, I got that one too, while fiddling around
So, I don't think we need to gather 'evidence' anymore, this pretty much confirms that an NZ store is coming
So, I don't think we need to gather 'evidence' anymore, this pretty much confirms that an NZ store is coming
Norway is also there:
http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/images/flag_norway.jpg
That makes Australia, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Denmark.
The total number of stores is 20. Which fits a 5x4 grid for the "select country" page on iTunes.
http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/images/flag_norway.jpg
That makes Australia, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Denmark.
The total number of stores is 20. Which fits a 5x4 grid for the "select country" page on iTunes.
No. "Format", in this context, means media type (CD, LP, cassette, etc.), and I suspect that the law is worded in a way that makes copying from tape to tape or similar illegal too. It does not have any bearing on how it is stored on digital media; the law dates back to the days when analog media (LPs, cassettes, that sort of thing) were the norm.Nermal said:
I remember my father recording LPs onto cassettes for travel in the car; even back then, at the tender age of five or six, I understood that this was considered "wrong" by the law. (I'm nearing my thirtieth birthday now, just as a reference point. Gad, I'm getting old...
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