USA and Europe releases?
 

Okay, here's my little confused moment..

A while ago, someone posted a Girls Aloud and Sugababes discography, which is awesome of course... but I'm kinda confused what is allowed and what isn't.

So basically.. everything that has been released in America is not allowed... but albums, singles and such that are only released in the UK, France, Russia, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy etc. are allowed?

Because if so, am I allowed to upload something from Anouk (a Dutch artist under the EMI label) without causing trouble for AHS?

yes. if it's not been released in the us, it's fine to be shared here. right? :yes

Yeah, I'm pretty sure.

As long as it isn't not available in the United States, it's allowed.

But what about stuff that is on the American iTunes? does that count?

well, ayu's stuff is on the us itunes... :innocent

I knowwwww. This confuses me deeply.

I guess we have to wait for a decisive answer from the staff

There's also a thread on Madonna d/ls...and no one's saying anything about it. Why is that?

It's unreleased stuff, aka commercially unavailable, which by affect, makes it fair game.

Yah i bought GUILTY on itunes Australia :mini

I don't think iTunes counts towards us potentially getting sued. As far as I understand, if it's not available in physical (ie CD) form then it's fair game. I could be totally wrong, though, as I often am about these things. =P

Well, Ayu's website did say it was released in America under iTunes.

so, shouldn't we go by what that says?

I dunno.

from what i remember from past discussions, you're spot on ^.^; i was just pointing out her stuff is on itunes =P

That's correct; if albums/singles are available physically in the US (as in, they're sold at Target/Wal-mart, etc.), then they are not allowed to be posted on AHS.

On commercial availability: one piece of advice that's been given before is to check Amazon.com. If it lists the CD you'd like to upload as import (for example, GUILTY has that tag), then it should be alright to share it here.