“Apple’s popular music streaming service Apple Music is preparing to launch its service in Korea, the local media reported on June 23,” Ahn Sung-mi reports for The Korea Herald.
“‘We formed a contract with Apple Music to begin streaming service here,’ said an official from Federation of Korean Music Performers, a music copyright association. ‘We made agreements on how to pay the copyright fees to the artists,'” Ahn reports. “He added that key terms of the contract can not be released at this time.”
Ahn reports, “In order to begins services in Korea, Apple Music needs to form copyright contracts with a host of local industry organizations including the Korea Music Copyright Association and the Recording Industry Association of Korea. It also must strike deals with major Korean record destributors.”
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Apple’s list of Apple Music, Apple Music Radio, and iTunes Match availability by country is here.
