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

[Ron Woodland]

I submit that, even as we discuss this, Apple is working through all 
the copyright and licensing issues in all the other countries as 
quickly as possible and that worldwide access will happen as rapidly as 
possible.  It is the same for including independent recording artists 
in this service.  Steve himself has said it will happen very soon, now 
that Apple has the service up and running.  Think of this as a 
roll-out, not the finished product.

If there's any finger pointing to do or if you have feelings of 
discrimination, you should look at the general paranoia within the 
entertainment industry, but also at your own governments and their 
obstructionist attitudes toward all things American.  That's where the 
problems lie.  Blaming Apple won't solve anything.

Ron Woodland


On Thursday, May 1, 2003, at 12:25  PM, e. wu wrote:

>>
>> On Thursday, May 1, 2003, at 06:32 PM, PowerBook G4 Titanium List 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 16:43:17 +0200
>>> From: Eduard Hoenkamp <hoenkamp at acm.org>
>>> Subject: [Ti] I won't sign the petition [was: Canadians need not
>>> apply!]
>>> Message-id: <p05210600bad6ceeb41c0@[131.174.200.214]>
>>>
>>> I am unhappy with the petition page mentioned in this digest
>>> http://www.petitiononline.com/AppleInt/petition.html which notes:
>>> "the ability to buy music from countries other than the U.S. is not
>>> available". Yet, iTunes tells me: "you won't be able to purchase
>>> music unless your billing[!] address is in the United States". Even
>>> if in practice this may amount to the same for many people, the
>>> petition seems to express that Apple acts in bad faith. I am not
>>> 'dismayed' as the petition declares, perhaps disappointed. But this
>>> says something about me, and not about Apple. I would like to grant
>>> Apple the time needed to finesse its license and purchasing issues
>>> abroad, as these must be hairy issues. Perhaps to test my ploint, I
>>> wake up my sleeping billing address in the US and see if I can use
>>> this to purchase music even while living abroad. I suggest Apple adds
>> a line about the reason for the expressed policy. Eduard.
>
> Why is everyone pointing fingers at Apple? Apple doesn't necessarily 
> control where/what the record companies want to sell. Apple is just a 
> middleman. Just take a look at DVDs. Hello? Region encoding anyone? 
> And as other people are pointing out, can *anyone* really give *any* 
> sort of proof that *any* company isn't selling to a particular 
> country/region because of prejudice? What business *wouldn't* want to 
> make money if they could?
>
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