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Amazon to Open DRM-Free MP3 Music Download Store

Posted by samzenpus on from the learning-to-share dept.

mtnlion1 writes "Amazon.com announced it will launch a digital music store later this year offering millions of songs in the DRM-free MP3 format from more than 12,000 record labels. EMI Music's digital catalog is the latest addition to the store. Every song and album in the Amazon.com digital music store will be available exclusively in the MP3 format without digital rights management (DRM) software. Amazon's DRM-free MP3s will free customers to play their music on virtually any of their personal devices and burn songs to CDs for personal use."

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  1. Goodbye ITunes by spocksbrain · · Score: 2, Funny

    You will not be missed.

  2. Re:Premium? by Cathoderoytube · · Score: 5, Funny

    Non premium songs are displayed in the form of sheet music, and can be played an unlimited number of times, provided that number is 5. Songs may only be played on RIAA approved Xylophones, which can be leased at $70 a month.

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  3. Re:Seriously, MP3 needs to stop. Also, iTunes by tfoss · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have a hard time imagining that anything Amazon releases could beat the integration and ease of use of iTunes and iTunes Music Store... and from there, the iPod.

    Exactly - And I don't want any of the three of those, much less all three.

    Especially ease of use. I hate that.

    -Ted
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  4. Re:What's the trick? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    What bitrate will it be? What will it cost? Will iTunes follow? Why is EMI the latest addition, not the first? Where's my wife and family? What if I die here? Who'll be my role-model? Now that my role-model is gone, gone...
  5. Re:What's the trick? by BlueLightning · · Score: 2, Funny

    You know, I don't find this stuff amusing anymore.