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veggiedude 
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Posted 04 April 2007 - 01:37 PM
Those countries are suppose to be a common market, but there is nothing common about it. If they want to be a United States of Europe they have to change. Not that we have it a whole lot better over here. Petrol in SF is $3.40 and in New Jersey it is still less than $2.50 but I guess that is a different story.
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Posted 04 April 2007 - 02:43 PM
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Those countries are suppose to be a common market, but there is nothing common about it. If they want to be a United States of Europe they have to change. Not that we have it a whole lot better over here. Petrol in SF is $3.40 and in New Jersey it is still less than $2.50 but I guess that is a different story.
Those countries are suppose to be a common market, but there is nothing common about it. If they want to be a United States of Europe they have to change. Not that we have it a whole lot better over here. Petrol in SF is $3.40 and in New Jersey it is still less than $2.50 but I guess that is a different story.
the difference is that nobody is stopping you from coming here to NJ and buying gas at $2.50. itunes won't allow someone with a UK account to purchase music in another itunes store in europe.
problem is distribution rights and i don't understand why nobody talks about this. apple is not to blame here, they signed deals with holders of the distribution rights to sell music. a UK distributor who signs a deal with apple only gives apple the rights to distribute/sell that music in the UK. if apple wants to sell that same music in another country they have to sign a deal with the company who holds the distribution rights in that particular country. why this is hard for people to understand is beyond me.
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Posted 04 April 2007 - 03:10 PM
The record labels are surely to blame. I remember when Apple wanted to enter the euro market and was told they would have to separate there stores which is why today you can't buy music from a euro store just like they can't buy from the U.S. store. It wasn't Apple who created this, it was the greedy record companies and that is still the problem today.
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Posted 05 April 2007 - 09:42 AM
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...greedy record companies and that is still the problem today.
...greedy record companies and that is still the problem today.
I postulate that neither you nor I have read nor understand the agreements that Apple, Inc. signed nor may we have understanding the rationale behind those agreements and the restrictions that created the separate iTS in Europe. Therefore without such understanding labeling the record labels as greedy seems disingenuous. Additionally I personally do not understand the cost structure of the record labels to even begin to determine if they are "greedy" Do you? Finally to quote the character Gordon Gecko in the movie "Wall Street":
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Greed is right. Greed works.
Greed clarifies, cuts through and capturesthe essence of the evolutionary spirit.
Greed, in all of its forms-greed for life,for money, for love, knowledge -
...has marked the upward surge of mankind.
And greed, you mark my words,will not only save Teldar Paper...
...but that other malfunctioningcorporation called the USA.
Greed is right. Greed works.
Greed clarifies, cuts through and capturesthe essence of the evolutionary spirit.
Greed, in all of its forms-greed for life,for money, for love, knowledge -
...has marked the upward surge of mankind.
And greed, you mark my words,will not only save Teldar Paper...
...but that other malfunctioningcorporation called the USA.
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