Why can't I buy music from other Stores, other then my localised store ?

It puzzles me. If you buy a CD abroad, you can play it in your CD player at home. So why not iTunes downloads. For instance, I'm located in the Netherlands, but I see an album in the US store I want to download, but I can't because I'm only allowed to buy something from the Dutch store.
Why ? It makes no sense.
EDIT: Nevermind, another post had the answer.
Message was edited by: DoggySpew

Please give more information, as your device model and software version. Also what happens when you try to buy music? Probably is because you don't have an apple id synced up or you haven't registered a credit card.

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