Itunes does have different stores. I don't know if that "matters". It's not something that seems to be known though.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bogdan Butnaru Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 3:58 AM To: MusicBrainz style discussion Subject: Re: [mb-style] Net Releases I just read through this entire thread, and I still couldn't figure out something: why is the basic reason we have a release country? I thought the reason was simply that to document "initial availability" (which is why we don't record import dates)-of course, any record can be bought by anyone, anywhere, with enought effort-, and to disambiguate between different releases with the same name, that may differ in tracklist, mastering and other characteristics. I suppose if we were interested in label/artist country we would add fields directly for that. I think the fact that we do use the label's country for a release when we have no more info is that it just is the same with the record's release country virtually every time (barring exports and other distribution details). I'd say (supposing the above are correct) that applying the same rules to net releases would mean they are "worldwide" releases almost every time. I have seen things released on the net that are NOT available everywhere: for example, I've seen some things on iTunes that were not sold in France (in that particular case, it was an episode of some show, I think, but I'm sure it's possible for songs too). In that case, that would be a US release. If I'm wrong, can we try to make a clear statement regarding "what is the 'release country' field for?" -- Bogdan Butnaru - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I think I am a fallen star, I should wish on myself." - O. _______________________________________________ Musicbrainz-style mailing list Musicbrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style
