iTunes Europe... More Delays?

What are they talking about??
there aren't any "computers" here in canada.

I wonder what the holdup in Canada is... Puretracks.com is already selling songs, as far back as october 2003 I think. Now my ISP has made a deal with them so that when you click on music through www.mytelus.com you buy music through puretracks. Just not sure how well they're doing. And Telus is a major ISP in Western Canada, Apple needs to hurry up.

You'd think that record companies would like to sell as many tracks as they could with as little effort as possible.

Well, I am sure they do, just not through an American company!

The iTMS is a great service. Then again, this is coming from someone who has only experienced it 30 seconds at a time. Waiting for the service to break here in Canada is is like watching water boil (with no promise the stove's even on!)

It seems the iTMS is destined to be a part of Apple's other U.S.-centric services, iChat and Sherlock. Come on, Apple. Let us have it when it's ready! What advantage does waiting for a world-wide simultaneous launch have when there are iPods to be sold? Of course, it could be argued that demand for iPods is already satisfactory. Goodness knows they're priced that way *sigh*

OK, I do complain a lot. But the impatience of those of us forbidden to use the iTMS is completely valid, especially considering Apple's consumer push on music. We feel left out.

I'm waiting for all the Macrumor Europe members to come and chime in and somehow blame Apple for their own countries enept and usually arcane legal systems that are keeping them from getting iTunes.

Canada, however, I don't get what the hold up there is, I mean, isn't it just the US with a funkier zip code? (kidding! I love Canada!)

Originally posted by jeffy.dee-lux
What are they talking about??
there aren't any "computers" here in canada.

we got trees and fish.i dunno about computers:confused: . o wait am on one now and it a powerbook by apple:p here to think i want to spend 1000doller in itms and i want to sell macs here too. its is only 0.05% of what we use here.
with ilife i can get that up to 70 alone.:rolleyes:

edit: how aBBout we tell them ehhh and ask them:there aren't any "computers" here in canada? at http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunes.html

if so = a big bummer :(

waiting...

Originally posted by Phazer80s
The iTMS is a great service. Then again, this is coming from someone who has only experienced it 30 seconds at a time. Waiting for the service to break here in Canada is is like watching water boil (with no promise the stove's even on!)

It seems the iTMS is destined to be a part of Apple's other U.S.-centric services, iChat and Sherlock. Come on, Apple. Let us have it when it's ready! What advantage does waiting for a world-wide simultaneous launch have when there are iPods to be sold? Of course, it could be argued that demand for iPods is already satisfactory. Goodness knows they're priced that way *sigh*

OK, I do complain a lot. But the impatience of those of us forbidden to use the iTMS is completely valid, especially considering Apple's consumer push on music. We feel left out.

iChat is a US only service? I thought it used AIM's protocol. What's the problem?

I thought I read that U.S. sales accounted for anly about 50 or 60% max of Apple sales and that the non US markets where the fastest growing overall segments.

Of course, if the record companies are dragging their feet they deserve people to copy their music (although just because you cannot get something doesn't mean you should go and steal it IYSWIM).

I doubt that Europe's "enept[sic] and usually arcane legal systems" are to blame for the delay. Europe is not one country, but many, each with their own systems - attempting to launch a one-size-fits-all service across all of these markets is extremely ambitious on Apple's part, and is inevitably far more complex that a US-only launch.

I suspect that Canada is suffering from the fact that the size of its market does not justify a standalone launch, so it will instead be handled as part of the global launch. In some senses, Canada has more in common with European markets - for example, the need for a French language version. As far as I know, iTMS US is only available in English, and whilst there's no legal obligation on Apple to provide a Spanish version for the US, there is a legal requirement to provide a French version for Canada (as I understand).

Of course, I realise that negotiations with record companies are the main delaying factor - but I suspect the desire for a one-size-fits-all internationalisation of iTMS is what's holding everyone back.