Why can I not buy German songs in the US ? It is called World Wide Web , right ?

I am trying to buy German music in the iTunes store, but it will not let me. Need a German credit card, which seems ridiculous to me since I can buy almost anything else online. I live in the US, and have address in Germany.

Content is licensed by the rights-holders to Apple to sell on a country-by-country basis, each country therefore has to have its own store, and you have to be in a country (and have a billing address in that country on your account) to use its store - rights-holders want control over where their content is available.
You can try requesting that the music be added to the US store, but unless the rights-holders agree to it then Apple won't be able to sell it there : http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunes.html
Is it available on other music purchase download sites that you have access to ?

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