(and other distributors) I bought music on iTunes today. Which, in itself, is not a rare incident. What makes this one stand out from my other purchases is the fact, that I heard the song on YouTube. Listening to music on iTunes is good. Seeing a message "sorry, this song is not licensed for your country" is not. To put it more adequately, the latter is total and utter bullshit. I tried to find some more songs of the same artist and half the time got that fucked up message. The thirty-second snippets on iTunes do not give a proper impression. How do record labels expect to sell music when advertising it is beyond the scope of the license?
Do the world a favor: make the music public. Lower the bitrate and quality if you must, but ignore the pirates and give honest people a chance to discover and buy music. Don't exclude listeners, just because they live in the wrong country.
Thank you.
P.S.: My deepest thanks go to theregister.co.uk, who coined the term "Recording Industry Ass. of America". I firmly believe that Ass. fits the bill much better than Association.
