[Ti] I won't sign the petition [was: Canadians need not .....

[Les Posen]

On Friday, May 2, 2003, at 04:02  AM, PowerBook G4 Titanium List wrote:

> Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 18:32:01 +0200
> Subject: Re: [Ti] I won't sign the petition [was: Canadians need not
>   apply!]
> From: David Remahl <david at ittpoi.com>
> Message-Id: <6F716103-7BF2-11D7-A9E7-000393DC5D80 at ittpoi.com>
>
> The real issue is that they don't tell us _why_ it is US only. They
> could state a reason (laws, copyright, payment options, the desire to
> try it on a smaller market before going global - all of those are
> acceptable reasons to me as a european) and perhaps give us an idea of
> approximately _when_ they plan to expand it to other areas of the
> world. Right now, it seems like they care more about Windows users in
> the U.S. than about faithful customers in non-U.S. countries.
>
>



What's the likelihood that in addition to trying to get a "Quick win"  
by getting up sooner what can be got up sooner (US-based services),  
Apple is also protecting commercial-sensitive information by not  
revealing the reason for "delays" in making this a world-wide service.  
In other words, why should Apple pay its legal team or negotiation team  
a small fortune just to let the also-rans, wait-and-sees, and  
out-and-out copiers (Guess who?) reap the benefits of its risktaking  
and innovation?

Let the others find out for themselves what it takes to do this on an  
international scale. FWIW, I'm guessing their are a truckload of big  
fat NDAs sitting around somewhere covering this whole operation. Who  
can remember the last time Apple did something that garnered the  
breadth, depth and diversity of media coverage of Musicstore? Certainly  
not with any hardware.

Down the track when the smoke clears and the implications for what this  
all means becomes factual rather than theoretical - does anyone really  
know where this will all end up? - perhaps Apple's current actions  
causing petitions to be writ will become more transparent.

My 0.02cAUD worth.

Les
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