iTunes is getting ready to go world wide

After iTunes turned out to be a profitable business in the United States, Apple has decided to export the model in other countries.

Unfortunately, the company faced various and unpredictable problems. In Great Britain, it seemes that www.itunes.co.uk had been already bought by somebody else and in Japan, Apple faced strong resistance from local company records.

And when it comes to copyright, the Japanese don't joke around and iTunes didn't seem safe to them. The service was regarded as a threat to income generated from CD selling.

Even so, Apple wanted Japan as an ally and in the end it succeeded in convincing the Japanese that iTunes is safe for copyright. The first part of the problem being solved, all that remains to be established is what exactly will iTunes Japonia distribute and what sums of money will the company have to pay for copyright.

The Japanese would like the price of the CDs to remain unchanged, and it remains to be seen if Apple succeeds in keeping a song 99 cents.

Japan is not the only country where iTunes is expected and we know for sure that by the end of the month iTunes Australia will be launched.

In the same time, Norwegian music magazines have launched rumors according to which iTunes Norway will be launched in a few weeks.