Itunes launched in Oz on Tuesday morning, but if you type in your address as Auckland NZ Tasmania or something, you can buy tunes off the site (have heard this from a few journo mates who are doing just that). Lists over a million songs, but Sony BMG haven't signed up to it yet. Word is a deal with them is imminent.
"Tunes can be downloaded at a cost of $1.69 (Aus) per song and $3.39 (Aus) per music video. A whole album can be purchased for $16.99. That compares to US prices of $US0.99 ($1.30 Aus) for a song and $US9.99 ($13.10Aus) for an album." More news here.
Oh, and all the press releases/news reportage mentions the exciting range of current Australian bands on the site, like Evermore. Looks like we lost another one...
ADDED New Nokia 8800 cellphone with sounds/ringtones by Ryuichi Sakamoto... me want...
3 comments:
You need an Australian credit card to sign up buddy.
Oh, and Evermore is a NZ band not an Australian band.
did I tell you how much I hate anonymous posts?
so, as I SAID IN MY POST, I know several NZ journalists who have signed up and are using nz credit cards. And I KNOW that Evermore are a NZ band - thats why I wrote 'looks like we lost another one' (to OZ) - jeez, learn to read!
that is all. back into your hole. bah.
okay, i've calmed down now.
Fair point on the oz credit card. Still not happy about anon blog comments tho - own your opinions, people!
righto
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