iTMS songs won't play outside U.S.
updated 03:45 pm EDT, Fri July 25, 2003
iTunes Music Store user Declan McCullagh writes about his difficulties playing music purchased with the Apple's online music service, after moving to Canada. "Having purchased a number of songs from the Apple Music Store while in the US and using a US funds credit card, I regrettably didn't read the fine print ... I've now discovered that if you leave the country, ." Apple has said it will launch its online music store in Canada and the rest of the world later this year, but the company has not commented on the specific issue described by McCullagh.
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Wrong person
Declan McCullagh was not the individual who had trouble with his iTunse Music Store music. The individual's name is Shawn.
Declan McCullagh runs the Politech list, on which the message was posted.
The loss of playability most likely stems from the fact that Apple cannot sell you music outside of the US. Therefore, if you try to authorize the music with an address outside of the US, as Shawn did, Apple cannot legally authorize it for you. Shawn had to re-authorize his music due to a problem with his powerbook.