Keys Corner

Someone in the UK decided to send us an iTunes gift voucher. A nice idea, but unfortunately, it’s not possible to download the gifted CD. The error message in red on the screen shot says: This code is only valid for customers of the iTunes store in Great Britain. As we don’t have a UK credit card, that means that although the CD was bought and paid for in the UK, we can’t download it.

A bit as if the music industry could tell the postal service – we don’t allow UK residents to post CDs to Germany, so please return any that you spot in transit to the sender.

Oh, actually we have seen this sort of behaviour before – it’s called the regional code on DVDs; it stops you sending a DVD purchased in the USA to your friends in Europe. A fine way to treat your customers!

Update (2005-12-23):
In the mean time Apple has confirmed that, indeed, you can not send iTunes gifts internationally:

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