After a pro-Tibet album was hosted on iTunes, the Chinese government decided to block access to the entire iTunes store.
Customers in China of Apple Inc.’s iTunes online music store were unable to download songs this week, and an activist group said Beijing was trying to block access to a new Tibet-themed album. - Reuters
Then word was out that Apple was on the move, investigating the block on the store.
“We’ve noticed the problem. It’s true that users may fail to log in to iTunes store right now,” said the Beijing-based Apple spokeswoman. “We are still investigating.”
Now reports are coming in that the problem has been rectified and the iTunes store is accessible in several places across China. A slight change, however, is that the album has been moved from the prominent “New Releases” list to somewhere deep within the bowels of the store.
A point to note is that China, like India, doesn’t have an iTunes music store, and users have to log into the stores of one of the 22 countries where it is available.
[Via Music Blog 2.0]
