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You see, I live in country where iTMS is available since maybe two months (Poland). Since then, I've spent some money on music - maybe $20 or $30, but I don't think that really matters - and that was the first time I actually paid for music. Before that, there were few times that local start-ups tried to fill this gap in this market, but they inevitably failed - mainly because they content sucked, but also because it was inconvenient as hell.

You see - that thing is happening all over again with TV Shows and Movies. As far as I know, there's no legal way for me to watch latest episodes of shows that I like. There just isn't. I would be happy to pay $5 or maybe even $10/month and be able to stream HD episodes to my PS3, without having to deal with eztv.it, RSS feeds, rtorrent and all this crap. I really would. But I can't. I simply can't.

Now, for movies it's another thing - I think I can buy/rent movies from iTunes, but they're just too expensive, compared to what movie ticket or DVD costs - Apple (or any digital-media store that I know of, for that matter) doesn't adjust their prices to different markets (hell, they even show prices in Euros, which we don't use!) - and unless something magical happens to our economy, I doubt it'll ever take off over here.




If something is too expensive for you to afford that does not mean you are entitled to receive it for free.


I agree, but that also means you can't consider that as lost money for the legal offer.


Nothing in the original article, my reply, or this entire sub-thread has made that claim or attempted to argue anything of the sort.


Unless it's digital.




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