p2pnet.net News:- Apple boasts it launched iTunes in Europe with a UK opening featuring “a huge catalogue of over 700,000 songs”.

However, it was somewhat short of that.

In fact, if you’re one of those people willing to pay £0.79 a pop and you’re expecting to get tracks from ‘indies’ Basement Jaxx, Franz Ferdinand, Dizzee Rascal, Mr. Scruff, White Stripes, Lemon Jelly, Coldcut, Hexstatic, Roots Manuva, Jakatta, Deepest Blue, Bent, Carla Bruni, Corneille, Cinematic Orchestra “and hundreds of other artists,” from Itunes, you’re out of luck.

And that’s because Apple apparently left things to the last minute.

AIM (Association of Independent Music) which acts for close to 1,000 British labels, “understands, from a number of its members, that negotiations with Apple have broken down,” it says on its site.

“As a result, many significant labels will not, at present, be making their repertoire available to the new service. Many companies were only approached to participate over the last few days and independent label communities across Europe including France’s UPFI, Germany’s VUT and Sweden’s SOM have had little correspondence with Apple.”

The European Independent record sector commands 22% of the European market at retail, says AIM.

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