iTunes and Napster services blocked in Europe

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CANNES, France (Liberation) - Apple and Roxio have both blamed record label bureaucracy for holding up the launches of iTunes Music Store and Napster in Europe.

Eddy Cue, Apple's VP of Applications and Internet Services, and Chris Gorog, president & CEO of Roxio, which owns Napster, were speaking at the MidenMet event in Cannes, France. French newspaper 'Liberation' reports that Eddy Cue said "we will be here this year. I'm not going to announce the date at this time, but we are working very hard."
Apparently, "a maze of licensing contracts, music release dates that differ by country and incompatible billing systems have combined to sidetrack the services, which many recording executives still hope will make their European debut in the first half of 2004."

Eddy Cue also said Apple will launch this year: Apple hopes to launch iTunes in Europe during the first half of 2004. Chris Gorog appears less optimistic, syaing that his company is 'struggling' to put a catalogue of music together.