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biz.yahoo.com - 8/22/2008
iTunes blocked in China; Tibet album suspected: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance
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BEIJING (AP) -- 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. In Internet forums, iTunes users complained they had been unable to download music since Monday. That was a day after the Art of Peace Foundation announced the release of "Songs for ...
smh.com.au - 8/20/2008
iTunes blocked in China after protest stunt - Off The Field - News - Olympics
— smh.com.au — Suzanne Vega, Sting and Alanis Morissette are among the artists appearing on the Songs for Tibet album.... Suzanne Vega, Sting and Alanis Morissette are among the artists appearing on the Songs for Tibet album. (more) iTunes blocked in China after protest stunt - Off The ...

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blogs.computerworld.com - 8/25/2008
iTunes blocked in China over Tibet? Can this really be true?
— blogs.computerworld.com — Is the great firewall of China really blocking foreign users from accessing the iTunes music store? According... to many iTunes users living abroad (Apple China doesn't have a domestic iTunes store) they were cut off from iTunes store since Monday.  ... (more) iTunes blocked in China over Tibet? Can this really be ...

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sfgate.com - 8/26/2008
China lifts iTunes block but for Tibet album
— sfgate.com — However, the Web page for downloading a pro-Tibet album, which is suspected of prompting the crackdown, remains... unavailable on the service. Chinese users started having problems logging in to iTunes last week, immediately raising suspicions that the ... (more) China lifts iTunes block but for Tibet album

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Apple investigating iTunes block in China
AppleInsider — ... Published: 01:00 PM EST Several users in China have been unable to access iTunes ever since a pro-Tibet album was released on the digital download service earlier this week, prompting an investigation by Apple. According to the Associated Press , the Art of Peace Foundation announced on Sunday the release of "Songs for Tibet," a digital album comprised of music by popular artists such as Dave Matthews and Alanis Morissette, as well as a 15-minute speech by exiled Tibetan leader Dalai Lama. One day later, iTunes users began complaining on the official iTunes support forum ...

iTunes blocked in China over Tibet? Can this really be true?
Computerworld Blogs - Macintosh & Apple — ... :"I am in Shanghai and have been able to use iTunes for 3 years now with no problems, but for the past two days I get an immediate message that the 'network connection was reset,'" The cause, say many including Reuters , is the release of ...

iTunes blocked in China over Tibet? Can this really be true?
Seth H. Weintraub's blog — ... says:"I am in Shanghai and have been able to use iTunes for 3 years now with no problems, but for the past two days I get an immediate message that the 'network connection was reset,'" Others say that they can access iTunes without issue - perhaps all of the global Olympics traffic is halting some internet access.. The real cause, say many including Reuters , is the release of ...

iTunes access in China restored?
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — iTunes access in China has been restored, various reports emanating from the Olympic nation state, following a widely-reported blip in access last week.   Reuters had claimed that Apple's decision to sell the newly-released compilation, ‘Songs for Tibet’ caused Chinese internet police to pull the plug on iTunes access in the country - though Chinese music fans can't actually buy music from foreign-based music stores. The Songs for Tibet album features 20 tracks from a range of artists, including Moby ...

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