iTunes Match in the Netherlands slowed by Buma / Stemra

Late last week Apple began rolling out iTunes Match in some European countries: Germany, France, England and Belgium . The Netherlands is, remarkably enough, the great absentee in that list and it is unclear why. This now seems this has to do with Apple's negotiations with holders of music to perform. Buma / Stemra, which represents owners in the Netherlands, opposes Macfan that negotiations with Apple are still ongoing.

"We are still negotiating with Apple to get the best out of it for our composers and lyricists" , explains spokesman Bas Erling Macfan across the organization. Incidentally, the delay does not take long. The talks are progressing well according to Erling, but he can not predict when the Dutch rollout will take place. "We expect to come out and then the Netherlands in the next release's turn," said Erling.
Match enables iTunes for € 24.99 per year in your iTunes music library through icloud to synchronize all your devices. In addition, numbers not in the iTunes Store purchased exchanged for an iTunes format, which it does not matter whether you music otherwise have purchased or downloaded illegally. Music that is not in the iTunes Store, you can upload it to your icloud-storage, so here you on both your computer and IOS devices have access to.
The adoption of Dutch owners is the last hurdle that Apple must take before iTunes Match in the Netherlands can be activated. Record labels have already given their consent, left NVPI, the Dutch branch of the entertainment industry, know. This would include agreements that apply to the whole of Europe, where Apple licenses the author only country yet to settle.