ITunes in other countries

Why is it that I cannot purchase content from another country's iTunes store, and will I ever be able to in the future?

This decision will be strictly up to the copyright holders for content in any given country, not Apple. The following link from Scott Pl has a good explanation as to why the copyright holders don't allow for cross-border sales. Lastly, we as fellow users would have no ideas if or when this might happen & any speculation on new products or services is against the "terms of use" of these forums.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=121779

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