Why can't iTunes list composers

I just bought 150 songs. Probably 80% of them have no composer listed. I thought I could look them up, but that is proving very difficult.
If I buy the hard-copy CD, ALL of the composers for EVERY song are listed. Why can't iTunes provide the songwriter of each song they sell???

This could turn into quite a p*ssing contest
I don't see why it should turn into anything. If you are not interested in it, don't look at it.
Some people are very interested in this info as some are interested in the cover art, lyrics, production notes,etc.
The publisher has this info with readily available. And the publisher/label is VERY interested in who wrote the song.
iTunes Producer is very easy to add this info.
To add this to a song take almost zero effort.
Also, the whole idea of ID3 tags is to have the information available for a song.
Before formats with these tags were avalable, everything had to be named some cryptic combintaion of letters and/or stored on folders/subfolders withthe artist name or some way to know what the song is.
Since the tags are there, why not use them?
slswyoming - you can send feedback/suggestions to Apple here -> http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html

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