arstechnica.com— Due to fears of piracy, Apple has decided to keep most of Asia off-limits for its new movie offering as well as its well-established music store.
Sep 14, 2006View in Crawl 4
Nono, read my post. Its cheaper to just buy it off any street in China for $2 USD complete with realistic packaging. You can also buy a whole bunch of movies on a spindle for $0.45-50 cents a disc.What about convenience?You can also go to any netcafe in China (how most Chinese get online) and many now offer high quality movie downloads from a server in the network so you can burn it to a disc for a few cents or watch it there. iTunes just isn't as convenient.
It's not regulations, it's distribution rights. Every country has its own companies that negotiate with the studios for distribution rights. It's the same reason there are no tv shows in the itunes store anywhere but the states.
shrimpcrackersSep 15, 2006
Nono, read my post. Its cheaper to just buy it off any street in China for $2 USD complete with realistic packaging. You can also buy a whole bunch of movies on a spindle for $0.45-50 cents a disc.What about convenience?You can also go to any netcafe in China (how most Chinese get online) and many now offer high quality movie downloads from a server in the network so you can burn it to a disc for a few cents or watch it there. iTunes just isn't as convenient.
jugalatorSep 15, 2006
"No iTunes movies for Asia, Due to Piracy"I hope they don't start wondering why there's piracy after moves like these.
zetsurinSep 15, 2006
How dare you call it how it is over there you racist! :)
jonnyehSep 15, 2006
It's not regulations, it's distribution rights. Every country has its own companies that negotiate with the studios for distribution rights. It's the same reason there are no tv shows in the itunes store anywhere but the states.
pjbonovoxSep 15, 2006
It'll just get ripped in the US, shared over to Asia and then... bam!Surely?
grimdotdotdotSep 15, 2006
(you're)
geforceterSep 15, 2006
lol....more reasons to pirate!!
praveenmarkanduSep 16, 2006
@Grimdotdotdot: my mistake. my england is bad :)
Closed AccountSep 19, 2006
whogives a f**k,you get teh best s**t here just for less then 2USD, :Dyou name it, its all over here, "warez stores"