iTunes blocked/censored in China

Rob Instigator · 08.21.2008, 01:05 PM

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008...rss&feed=music

the above is an article in the Guardian detailing the shutdown of iTunes acces sin China, due to some 40 athletes buying the record

Songs for Tibet, a compilation produced by the Art of Peace Foundation, a US-based Tibetan 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.

FUCK I hate me totalitarian governments. FUCK china and their bullshit.

08.21.2008, 01:06 PM

china as straight as ever

HECKLER SPRAY · 08.21.2008, 01:08 PM

What a surprise !!!!
I can't believe it !!!

Rob Instigator · 08.21.2008, 01:30 PM

i think it is hilarious that they woud get upset about a set of songs. It makes perfect sensse though, since art in all it's forms is the one true method by which social change is mitigated.
a song can change the world.
one person can change the world
china's leaders know this. they understand the power of rock, even pussy soft rock. art for the awesome rock win.

steve jobs, go fuck yrself.

08.21.2008, 01:30 PM

what are they blocking too? wasnt it flicker and some other huge websites?

Rob Instigator · 08.21.2008, 01:33 PM

all sorts of shit
obvious ones like amnesty international and free tibet sites

08.21.2008, 01:36 PM

no surprise of course

Rob Instigator · 08.21.2008, 01:38 PM

the surprise for me lies in just how nonchalantly the western governments view this bullshit, and china's egregious civil rights violations.

floatingslowly · 08.21.2008, 01:39 PM

NEWS BULLETIN: 23428 billion Chinese have been denied music by "Sting, Rush, Damien Rice, Underworld and Alanis Morissette."

oh the humanity!!!

really though, fuck 'em. they aren't missing much.

08.21.2008, 01:39 PM

yeah o course, but the questions is what should they do?

Rob Instigator · 08.21.2008, 01:41 PM

not just that al bum was censored. 1.5 BILLION chinese now have no access to iTUNES at all!

floatingslowly · 08.21.2008, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by al shabbray

yeah o course, but the questions is what should they do?

oh, I dunno....keep pumping out stacks and stacks of burned dvd's for the world's black market supply?

am I reallly supposed to think that chinese people even USE iTunes? since when did they start making the $.99/song cost in weekly wages??

08.21.2008, 01:45 PM

there are sure more important issues in china, but its a good example how the chinese government reacts to every kind of action.

Rob Instigator · 08.21.2008, 01:47 PM

there are around 400 milion people in china with enough disposabkle income to buy cars, itunes, computers etc.

there are 1 billion people living subsistence lives at the bottom of the rung

there are around 40 million americans who cannot afford a few itunes downloads. what's yr point floatingslow?

floatingslowly · 08.21.2008, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

1.5 BILLION chinese now have no access to iTUNES at all!

KA-BLOWWWWW!!!

again, china leads the world in piracy. what? me worry?

is this some sort of clever apple viral campaign???

08.21.2008, 01:05 PM	#1
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,975	http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008...rss&feed=music the above is an article in the Guardian detailing the shutdown of iTunes acces sin China, due to some 40 athletes buying the record Songs for Tibet, a compilation produced by the Art of Peace Foundation, a US-based Tibetan 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. FUCK I hate me totalitarian governments. FUCK china and their bullshit. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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08.21.2008, 01:06 PM	#2
al shabbray Posts: n/a	china as straight as ever
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HECKLER SPRAY invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Near Paris, France Posts: 3,762	What a surprise !!!! I can't believe it !!! __________________
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08.21.2008, 01:30 PM	#4
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,975	i think it is hilarious that they woud get upset about a set of songs. It makes perfect sensse though, since art in all it's forms is the one true method by which social change is mitigated. a song can change the world. one person can change the world china's leaders know this. they understand the power of rock, even pussy soft rock. art for the awesome rock win. steve jobs, go fuck yrself. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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08.21.2008, 01:30 PM	#5
al shabbray Posts: n/a	what are they blocking too? wasnt it flicker and some other huge websites?
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08.21.2008, 01:33 PM	#6
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,975	all sorts of shit obvious ones like amnesty international and free tibet sites __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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08.21.2008, 01:36 PM	#7
al shabbray Posts: n/a	no surprise of course
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08.21.2008, 01:38 PM	#8
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,975	the surprise for me lies in just how nonchalantly the western governments view this bullshit, and china's egregious civil rights violations. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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08.21.2008, 01:39 PM	#9
floatingslowly invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,165	NEWS BULLETIN: 23428 billion Chinese have been denied music by "Sting, Rush, Damien Rice, Underworld and Alanis Morissette." oh the humanity!!! really though, fuck 'em. they aren't missing much.
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08.21.2008, 01:41 PM	#11
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,975	not just that al bum was censored. 1.5 BILLION chinese now have no access to iTUNES at all! __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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08.21.2008, 01:45 PM	#13
al shabbray Posts: n/a	there are sure more important issues in china, but its a good example how the chinese government reacts to every kind of action.
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08.21.2008, 01:47 PM	#14
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,975	there are around 400 milion people in china with enough disposabkle income to buy cars, itunes, computers etc. there are 1 billion people living subsistence lives at the bottom of the rung there are around 40 million americans who cannot afford a few itunes downloads. what's yr point floatingslow? __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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