iTunes Store Opens in Oz!
It’s finally here. Apple have launched their Australian iTunes store. You can access it by selecting Australia as your country down the bottom of the iStore in iTunes. iUnderstand? This now gives Australians their first legal way of placing music on their iPods. Pricing at the moment stands at:
- $1.69 a song
- $16.99 an album
- $3.39 for a music video
Now whilst I’d probably pay $1.69 for a song, $16.99 for an album I can get for $20 at Big W or Target, with a cover, high qual cd (as opposed to a scratchy CD-R), and all the extra info and liftouts that come with, I can’t see myself buying any albums off iTunes in the near future.
The new store does not sell TV episodes, a feature recently introduced into the US iTunes store. This leaves Australians with no legal way to access shows not shown in Australia, or heavily delayed. Forget following lost with your cousin in America, he’s going to holing up in an underground bunker while your wondering where that polar bear came from and wondering what’s in the hatch!
stix said,
October 25, 2005 at 4:33 pm
who cares! We all know every one just downloads music anyway. http://shareaza.sourceforge.net/
stix said,
October 25, 2005 at 6:43 pm
http://media.ebaumsworld.com/wmv/crazyscreaminglady.wmv
noremac said,
October 26, 2005 at 7:33 pm
“Now whilst I’d probably pay $1.69 for a song, $16.99 for an album I can get for $20 at Big W or Target, with a cover, high qual cd (as opposed to a scratchy CD-R), and all the extra info and liftouts that come with, I can’t see myself buying any albums off iTunes in the near future.”
I have heard that you get the graphics for the cd cover etc and the music is encoded in the high quality. isn’t it mp4?
Doc said,
October 26, 2005 at 9:10 pm
I think it’s also the fact that songs downloaded from iTunes have many restrictions, whereas a retail CD you can do pretty much anything with, provided you know how.
Doc said,
October 26, 2005 at 9:39 pm
“This leaves Australians with no legal way to access shows not shown in Australia, or heavily delayed. ”
Can you imagine the shit-storm Channel 9 would kick up if this were allowed? Desperate Housewives and Lost are their two best rated shows.
Rex said,
October 26, 2005 at 10:04 pm
Desperate Housewives and Lost are Channel 7 :D
Doc said,
October 27, 2005 at 4:10 pm
Fuck. Shows how much I watch TV. :P
jess said,
December 25, 2005 at 11:47 am
get shows liek the simpsons on ipod.. gosh i would by heaps…. hey if u buy the dvd is there ne way u cn put the episodes on your ipod?
damo said,
January 21, 2006 at 11:40 pm
if you want to get access to the US iTunes Videos.. get a e-voucher from:
http://www.capsule-productions.com
you dont need a US credit card.. and they email you the voucher.
i only want to get access to the US store for the TV shows.. this works well.