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No music, no e-books

August 3, 2006 by Ahti Kitsik

I can’t buy e-books from amazon.com because I live outside of U.S.

I can’t buy monthly subscription to listen full-quality launchcast radio because I live outside of U.S. and U.K.

What is my option? CD-store?
I’m willing to pay $5/mo to listen as much and whatever I want. Fair enough, in average I would buy one $15 CD after every three months and distributing music online is so much easier (and less expensive). The amount of music I consume is not relevant.

Why do these services encourage non-U.S. customers to use illegal intellectual property? (they do)

What good do they get by prohibiting some countries from paying money while still allowing access to samples and low-quality music?

At least one can download oracle developer version for free in case you agree that you are not going to use it to create weapons of mass-destruction. Good enough :)

  • Anonymous

    I also have the same problem; and it seems unreasonable that I can’t watch forgeign TV programs over internet, even if I’m willing to pay well for them. (Though some programs are later released on DVDs, which can then be purchased from Amazon for example.)

    Could it be because of legal issues, for example? (For example, maybe if someone wants to sell music in Finland, they have to negotiate various licenses or taxes with the local (music) authorities? Although, to be fair, I think iTunes is available in Finland actually.)

  • http://ahtik.com ahti.kitsik

    True, apple $0.99 songs might work in Finland.
    But price per download is a bit scary and unexpected for my wallet.

    Is it just me or is everyone expecting monthly rates for online music experience?

    For some odd reason I’m cool by buying movie tickets one-by-one.

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