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Report: China Cuts Off Access To iTunes Store [Closed Ports]
Posted on August 20, 2008
The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that Chinese officials have closed access to Apple's iTunes Store after getting wind of Olympic athletes downloading Songs For Tibet, which features songs by the likes of Rush, Underworld, and Moby. (Proceeds go to peace-related projects that were hand-picked by the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.) The ban came shortly after the Art Of Peace Foundation, which backed the project, sent out a press release saying that over 40 athletes participating in the 2008 Olympic Games had used download cards they were given to download the album, thus spe...
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