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Sony to sell DRM-free music online after all
Apparently Sony's plan for DRM-free music distribution isn't quite as dumb as we thought. Sure, the music label's announcement that it would sell DRM-free music was quickly followed by the news that you'd have to walk into a bricks and mortar retail store and buy a gift card allowing you to download an album's worth of tracks from the web. But it turns out that's not the only way to get DRM-free music from Sony BMG.Amazon just put out a press release stating that it will be adding MP3 tracks from Sony to Amazon MP3 later this month. That will make Amazon the first online music store to offer DRM-free music from each of the four major music labels.
No word on how much of Sony's music library will be available via Amazon, but we're just glad to see you'll be able to purchase individual tracks and that you won't have to leave the house to get your music fix.
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John Reese said 6:43PM on 1-10-2008
Forget about all the DRM-free music debacle from Sony, iTunes or whatever. I just found out this site called FindTheTunes.com ( http://www.findthetunes.com ) , where you can search, listen and download any tracks you want. It's amazing.
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keeves said 6:56PM on 1-10-2008
With "Overall Downloads: 168" i presume this is a plug for your own site... i rather (illegal??) un-brillaint music download site.
snowy2004 said 8:06PM on 1-10-2008
It's really nice that the whole industry is switching to DRM-Free formats and I guess it's nice that by doing so, they are trying to make Amazon a competitor but...
1) I'm a faithful iTunes customer and like the whole "integrated" system they have.
2) The Amazon MP3 Store is only in the States. Essentially, EMI (and Universal off iTunes) is still the only major label to offer DRM-free tracks here in Canada.
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kojo87 said 9:46PM on 1-10-2008
so you mean when you buy the music you can actually listen to it however see fit and do anything with the files that you want? you mean like you actually own the songs you payed for? GENIUS!
i hate iTunes.
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Carlos said 8:16AM on 1-11-2008
Has anyone actually tried using the Amazon MP3 store - unless you know exactly what your looking for good luck navigating that thing - browsing is absolutely impossible.
iTunes store has been out for a few years now and competitors still cant even get close to its ease of use.
I wouldn't be surprised if the iTunes store becomes DRM free soon - how can the labels keep imposing DRM on apple when they are allowing DRM free on Amazon?? (yeah I know deep down Apple wants the DRM so that people are tied to iTunes/iPods)
I still prefer buying physical CDs for 90% of my music - something about the safety of physical media and the option of re-selling it at a later date makes it a better option over downloads.
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