You can actually thank the music industry and labels for that, they want to artificially keep music in only certain areas. There have been a lot of times that I have wanted to purchase music that is not available in the US iTunes store, and have not been able to do so.
The DRM/territorial restrictions on music in iTunes were a sop to the record companies that Apple tried and eventually succeeding in ridding themselves of. I don't think they have any interest in adding it to the App Store.
Re:Mac App Store: Open for Business
by jonursenbach on Thursday January 06, 2011 @07:59PM
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Why not just use something like FairGame to strip the DRM?
I was at one point willing to pay to convert the songs to the new DRM free versions; however the US iTunes store will not accept a valid UK credit card and so no payment is possible.
Apple told me to just create a new iTunes account in the UK; this however has never allowed me to use my update my iPhone apps nor to listen to the music. So much for trying to do the right thing
I remain very suspect.
I am very deeply suspicious about the 'app-store' what if I purchase an application while I am here in the UK? Is it going to work when I get back to the USA - or will they force me to purchase it again the way they are attempting to do with my music?