The same thing happens in Brazil. I can’t even remember a decent paid music service around here. We have to rely on torrents because it’s nearly impossible to be a honest citizen and buy music due to the same licensing issues you have in South Africa.

If we ever get iTunes Music Store, the Brazilian government will shove any kind of ridiculous taxes even though it’s digitally distributed and there are no stores or physical media/paper booklets involved. A 0.99 song could cost us AT LEAST 2.99. Torrents anyone?The music industry is narrow-minded and the last century model of selling music is long overdue. They think selling music for a ridiculous price is way better than selling cheap music for an audience 10 times bigger. Go figure.

Excellent article.