As they rightfully are allowed to do, since the songs were illegally uploaded onto the iTunes Store for international customers to purchase around January. One could tell it was obviously illegal since it was uploaded under the label “Tukuma Japan Communications”, as opposed to Perfume’s official label Tokuma Japan Communications, and various song titles were purposely misspelled.

Today, their staff put up a notice on Perfume’s official site, stating:

Recently, between late January ~ early February, some songs from Perfume’s GAME album and Indies era songs were illegally available on iTunes under unauthorized distribution.

After the incident, information was disclosed to Apple iTunes to initiate an investigation. Ultimately, we have confirmed that an overseas record label has uploaded the music without permission. Although the music has been already removed, Tokuma Japan Communications and Amuse Inc. will collaborate to prepare appropriate legal actions.

In addition, in regards to the iTunes Store content purchased on iTunes, to acquire a refund from the iTunes Store, you may contact the iTunes Store via their customer service page e-mail form below.
http://www.apple.com/jp/support/itunes/contact.html
We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience, and we ask for your continual support of Perfume.

It’s good to see that the illegal uploads were taking down, especially since people were paying for it and the profits were not going where it was supposed to. However, it also goes to show how much fans want Perfume’s music to be openly distributed–not just in Japan but all over the world. capsule‘s music is already on iTunes, albeit on a different record label, but hopefully Perfume’s music will be available on some kind of legal download site for the world to listen soon.