My x-wife purchased a substantially number of songs from iTunes - we are talking a 5 digit investment. When I moved over seas to England; I was no longer able to partake in my music due to the DRM placed on it by Apple and my new "jurisdiction."
I am very deeply suspicious about the 'app-store' what if I purchase an application while I am here in the UK? Is it going to work when I get back to the USA - or will they force me to purchase it again the way they are attempting to do with my music?
You can actually thank the music industry and labels for that, they want to artificially keep music in only certain areas. There have been a lot of times that I have wanted to purchase music that is not available in the US iTunes store, and have not been able to do so.
The DRM/territorial restrictions on music in iTunes were a sop to the record companies that Apple tried and eventually succeeding in ridding themselves of. I don't think they have any interest in adding it to the App Store.
I was at one point willing to pay to convert the songs to the new DRM free versions; however the US iTunes store will not accept a valid UK credit card and so no payment is possible.
Apple told me to just create a new iTunes account in the UK; this however has never allowed me to use my update my iPhone apps nor to listen to the music. So much for trying to do the right thing
I am very deeply suspicious about the 'app-store' what if I purchase an application while I am here in the UK? Is it going to work when I get back to the USA - or will they force me to purchase it again the way they are attempting to do with my music?