[LINK] Australians breaking the rules to get cheaper iTunes

[Kim Holburn]

http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hack/stories/s3116740.htm

> Breaking the rules to get cheaper iTunes
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> 19/01/2011
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> reporter: John Barrington & Tom Tilley
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> Are you happy to pay 58 per cent more for this album on iTunes than Americans? joo0ey on Flickr
> Aussies are breaking the rules and opening up US iTunes accounts, to get around the higher prices we pay in Australia.
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> Worldwide recording industry watchdog - the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry - has just released a report showing that illegal file-sharing and online piracy have been major factors behind a 30 per cent global market decline in overall music sales, a decline mirrored in Australia since 2001. 
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> Analysis by hack shows that iTunes music products are about 58 per cent more expensive in Australia than in the US and that's at a time when our dollar is around parity with the greenback.
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> Does the price gap encourage you to download illegally and avoid buying a legit copy or are you happy to pay more?
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> hack also spoke to David Bradbury, the Federal Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Treasurer in Competition and Consumer Policy.


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