Article: China blocks Apple's iTunes to prevent Olympians from downloading all-star Tibet album

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Beijing, Aug. 22 -- Apple's online music store, iTunes, has been blocked in China after more than 40 Olympic athletes downloaded a pro-Tibet album from the site.

Consumers in China began inundating Apple help forums on Monday, saying that they could not access iTunes.

The album produced by the Art of Peace Foundation and promoted by the ICT, features 20 songs from high profile artists including Sting, Moby, Damien Rice and Alanis Morissette.

It was put on iTunes on August 5, three days before the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.

"We don't know why the Chinese Government has blocked iTunes, but it seems the ...

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