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gapyearkid
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Aug 19, 2008 - 01:24 PM |
 
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Okay - am I the only one who is unable to access the itunes store recently? |
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BoShiDunRedSox
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Aug 19, 2008 - 01:32 PM |
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Working for me from office... |
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choir001
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Aug 19, 2008 - 01:37 PM |
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gapyearkid,
You are not alone. I cannot access iTunes either. After a quick search yesterday there are a few people in Beijing with a problem too. I will let you know if I hear anything or when I can get back in. |
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Havelock
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Aug 19, 2008 - 09:59 PM |
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There was an album for sale in Itunes that dealt with a certain disputed area near the Himalayas. I do not think a certain government was too pleased....thus Itunes has been blocked..at least for some. |
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gapyearkid
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Aug 19, 2008 - 10:04 PM |
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it took them this long to realise it was there..? its been out for over a month now anyway... arghhh...
wat a pain! |
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emerson
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Aug 19, 2008 - 10:30 PM |
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Just bought an album from my home in shanghai last night without problems |
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ranmachen
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Aug 19, 2008 - 11:31 PM |
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Not only can I not access the iTunes store, but I can't even download ipod movie trailers from Apple's website anymore either. Whenever I click on the "For your Ipod" link, it just takes me to a blank page. Anyone else with that problem? |
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Rangzen08
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Aug 20, 2008 - 08:05 AM |
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On the same day that iTunes became blocked in China a story made headlines across the US and the world about how 40 Olympic athletes downloaded the popular "Songs for t¡bet" album from Beijing in a show of solidarity with t¡betans in t¡bet.
It is no secrete that the Chinese government censors content dealing with t¡betan independence in China and t¡bet.
I feel terribly about this and I hope the Chinese government restores iTunes as soon as possible. To all the Chinese reading this, we are with you. |
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OZDave
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Aug 20, 2008 - 08:54 AM |
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Athletes..... have to get on the soap box and ruin life for everyone else.
Argh!
I wanted to use the store and mine's blocked too this morning. Grumble. |
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swisscook
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Joined: Aug 27, 2007
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Aug 20, 2008 - 09:00 AM |
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Worked fine for me last night. Although I was only downloading podcast. Occasionally it does not work and then I use Witopia. |
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Cylon
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Joined: Mar 28, 2006
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Aug 20, 2008 - 09:11 AM |
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Funkymar27
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Aug 20, 2008 - 09:14 AM |
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I can't access the itunes store, but I am still able to download SOME of the podcasts I have subscribed to. Some seem very arbitrarily blocked, really annoying. Though there are very random times where I actually can get to things previously blocked; this only lasts for an hour or so. |
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Rangzen08
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Aug 20, 2008 - 09:32 AM |
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I really don't think we can blame athletes for ruining everything because they downloaded music that they liked. The Chinese Government is at fault for blocking things that challenge their rule.
I hope the gov backs down soon....
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Athletes..... have to get on the soap box and ruin life for everyone else.
Argh!
I wanted to use the store and mine's blocked too this morning. Grumble. |
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swisscook
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Aug 20, 2008 - 03:14 PM |
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If I run Itunes with Witopia it downloads everything - no issues at all. |
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Truth
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Aug 20, 2008 - 03:42 PM |
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my itunes is working, you can now all breate a sigh of relief that im still getting ma daily fix of death cab for cutie and kaiser chiefs |
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gapyearkid
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Aug 20, 2008 - 11:45 PM |
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nope..it's definitely still not working.. |
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ocgirl
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Aug 21, 2008 - 06:41 PM |
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Yup haven't been able to access since Monday. This is just freaking great. My only source of little something from back home. |
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Cylon
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Aug 21, 2008 - 07:40 PM |
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hammerforlife
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Aug 21, 2008 - 08:34 PM |
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Apple's iTunes music store has been blocked in China, allegedly due to some athletes listening to prοtest songs.
It started with Songs for t¡bet, a compilation produced by the Art of Peace Foundation, a US-based t¡betan activist group. The Foundation invited Olympic athletes to download the album free of charge. By listening in Beijing, the activist group said, athletes would communicate that "compassion and non-violence can overcome intolerance and oppression - beautiful ideals to be associated with the Olympic spirit".
More than 40 athletes downloaded the album, according to a press release, which includes songs by Sting, Rush, Damien Rice, Underworld and Alanis Morissette.
And then China turned off the iTunes music store.
Beginning on Monday, iTunes users in China found that the software wasn't working. Whereas they were previously able to download songs from the US-based online store, attempts now resulted in errors. Support forums filled with complaints, with reports that Apple had washed its hands of responsibility – saying that the store was being blocked by Chinese internet providers and the so-called "Great Firewall of China".
On china.org.cn, an internet portal managed by the Chinese government's Information Office of the State Council, an article reported that "angry netizens" were "rallying together to denounce Apple in offering Songs for t¡bet for purchase". Some of these "netizens", the article said, wished to ban any of the album's performers from entering China.
"The predictably hostile response to the album from Chinese internet users, as reported by an official Chinese media outlet, reflects continued attempts to suppress any support for t¡bet at a time of crisis for the t¡betan people, as well as the level of entrenched misinformation about t¡bet propagated by the Beijing government among the Chinese public," said Kate Saunders of the International Campaign for t¡bet, speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald.
This all comes at an awkward time for Apple, which has just opened its first Chinese bricks-and-mortar store. Apple CEO Steve Jobs - who is a practising Buddhist - is also negotiating with Chinese mobile phone operators over the iPhone.
With some Chinese citizens allegedly calling for an Apple boycott, the company will have to tread lightly – balancing its business in China with its relatively progressive reputation in the rest of the world.
And if more athletes in Beijing want to listen to Sting's Send Your Love (Art of Peace remix), for activist reasons or not, they will have to rely on plain old music piracy. |
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Cylon
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Aug 21, 2008 - 09:51 PM |
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luoteman
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Aug 23, 2008 - 02:28 PM |
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spacebabe
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Aug 23, 2008 - 03:28 PM |
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Yep mine's definitely working! |
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gapyearkid
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Aug 23, 2008 - 06:01 PM |
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choir001
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Aug 23, 2008 - 10:53 PM |
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gapyearkid
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Aug 23, 2008 - 11:02 PM |
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and yet the songs for t¡bet album is still up...what happened? China pressurised into backing down? |
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