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To get around this in Australia I've been using unblock-us.com. I can now get Hulu & Netflix.

However buying music is another story. Songs in iTunes are around 50% more expensive in the Australian store. That's pretty disgusting.

The best alternative would be Amazon - but they don't sell to anyone outside of the US.

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When I moved to Australia and setup iTunes, I was shocked and pissed off at the price bump. Yet one more reason to subscribe to alternative methods of music acquisition. To add insult to injury, the AUD has recently been at par or stronger than the USD. If the prices were reasonable I would definitely buy from iTunes. But it's not, so I won't. Simple as that.

Take a look at game prices and its much the same thing: ~$50USD for USA, ~$100USD for Australia.

This is even common for digital download games (steam etc).

I'm trying to move from downloading music to paying for it.. but they are not making it easy.

Indeed! And Australians are quite aware just how much they are being ripped off now that online purchases from non-Australian retailers are becoming more prevalent.

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