iTunes Match Rolls Out Internationally

Following a premature rollout of iTunes Match internationally, Apple is now reportedly pushing out the service officially, with customers in Europe and Canada reportedly receiving confirmation emails that the music matching service is a go in their territories.

European pricing is set at €24.99/year. U.K. customers will be charged £21.99, according to customer reports.

It is still unclear what happened earlier this week when Apple debuted the service in countries outside the American continent, as the company immediately began issuing refunds to customers who are now prompted to subscribe.

There are also some new Terms and Conditions and a new Apple Privacy Policy to be reviewed by those who wish to subscribe to the annual service.

The changes Apple has made to the terms and conditions include the following:

- Notification of an additional type of previously-purchased content that may be subsequently downloaded to certain computers and devices as an accommodation to you, subject to existing association rules; and that such content may be played back on certain devices that are not subject to existing association rules, with limitations;

 - New terms have been added that govern your use of iTunes Match, whereby you may pay a subscription fee to access certain content remotely, subject to existing association rules and usage rules, and explain that such content may be accessed on certain devices that are not subject to existing association rules, with limitations; and

 - New terms have been added that explain that use of iTunes Match requires collection of certain information from your iTunes library which shall be associated with your Account.

iTunes Match lets you store your entire collection in the cloud. iCloud determines which songs in your collection are available in the iTunes Store and any music with a match is automatically added to your own box in the cloud.

Once your library is uploaded, you can stream and store it on any of your devices, including Macs and PCs. Matched songs will play back from iCloud at 256-Kbps AAC DRM-free quality, even if you had lower quality songs.