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iTunes Russia on April 21, 2008?

Monday April 14, 2008 5:19 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
CNews.ru believes that Apple will be launching iTunes Russia on April 21st 2008.

The evidence first came from billboards appearing in Moscow on Friday, with the words 'iSkoro 21.04.2008 (iSoon 21.04.2008) .

Further evidence is from two domains registered: iMacintosh.ru and itunes-store.ru which redirect to a splash page that says "iTunes Store Russia 21.04.2008." The domains appear to be registered by Apple IMC Limited, "the leading distributor of Apple products in Russia."
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twoodcc
50 months ago
good news for those in Russia. i'm actually surprised that iTunes isn't in Russia already
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GSMiller
50 months ago
I wonder if it will have any DRM-free music like the US store, seeing as how piracy rates are supposedly so high in Russia?
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irmongoose
50 months ago
I call BS.



irmongoose
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CSid
50 months ago

I call BS.



irmongoose


Yeah, it is a little odd...
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caliguy
50 months ago
Why would a Russian pay for music? That's like a Hawaiian paying for beach sand. It's laying around for free all over the place.
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Teh Don Ditty
50 months ago
In Soviet Russia iTunes pays you!

Sorry, somebody had to go there.
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peterlobl
50 months ago
I think it's going to happen...

George W loves his iPod, perhaps Vlad wanted a local store that has the Beatles catalog as well
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nyquist11
50 months ago
The Whois lookup appears to have phone numbers and emails from apple... but i guess those could be faked
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born4sky
50 months ago
I hope it will bring Russian language support to iPhone.... I want russian keyboard....
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MattJessop
50 months ago
It would be interesting to see how well this might work, considering that Russia is pretty much full of piracy sites (I don't mean to generalise, but its true) -

Would Russians consider paying for their music when for the most part to them its free? I think the situation is a bit different when you have a country with strong anti-piracy laws like the US/UK, and a country that really is not too bothered, e.g. India, Turkey, China and Russia.

Now, it would be interesting to see the market penetration here, and I would wish Apple the best of success. But I don't see it happening. Maybe the music companies would want to try and end the piracy there, but they're not stupid, and neither are Apple. I just can't see any huge profits coming out from this.

But hey, this is just my guess. I could be completely wrong, but this would need to be a long term venture, and would require the cooperation of the Kremlin in at least trying to shrink the illegal market.
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