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Amazon to offer DRM-free downloads?
Bring on the downloaders! Amazon may offer DRM-free music downloads sometime in the first quarter of 2007. Oh, if the tides would break and bring sweet water to the masses. How many times do us insignificant bloggers needs to spell it out for the record companies in big, bold, block letters? How many times does the RIAA need to lose legal cases miserably and be raked over the coals for their transgressions for the execs to stnad up and take notice that the CD business is going away and that America the world isn't happy with the way music is sold and distributed? Get the picture already. If Amazon decided to take the high-road in the end and offer DRM-free music in the end, and if the software sucks much less than Unbox does, there may finally be a way to buy good music that isn't shackled to a dead-horse. It isn't like eMusic hasn't already done it. They have now sold 100 million DRM-free tracks. More digital download services need to send a message that the record companies will be forced to hear. One twist Amazon may have in mind is variable pricing, so certain types of media can be sold for cheaper prices. This would also attract more customers to the download store. I still don't see a killer app here, so Elvis hasn't left the building, but I am hoping to see a killer app soon, maybe Amazon will be the one, maybe not. I dare you, impress me.
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Andrew said 12:15PM on 12-22-2006
Here are a couple of numbers I recently came across:
1.5 Billion
Number of songs iTunes has sold since its inception
70 Million
Number of iPods on the street
20 Songs
That breaks down to a mere 20 songs per iPod
Last time I checked, the 80GB iPod holds 20,000 songs, so, either there are a lot of iPod users with some a LOT of empty space, or iTunes is missing out on a lot of music sales.
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Engaged said 1:40PM on 12-22-2006
I don't own an ipod and it's pretty unlikely I ever will but I have to give Apple credit for their ability to convince people to do 2 irrational things...
1. Use a separate piece of software to load files onto what is essentially just a storage device.
2. Love DRM
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Plugg Music Blog said 6:35AM on 1-08-2007
Bring it on!
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