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Amazon DRM-Free Music Store Goes Beta

Posted by kdawson on from the 2-million-songs-from-20-thousand-labels dept.

LowSNR writes "Amazon this morning moved their DRM-free music store into open beta. According to the release, 'Since all our digital music downloads are DRM-free, you can play them on anything that plays mp3s including PCs, Macs(tm), iPods(tm), Zunes(tm), Zens(tm), iPhones(tm), RAZRs(tm), and BlackBerrys. Plus, our Amazon MP3 Downloader application makes it easy to add your downloads to iTunes(tm) and Windows Media Player(tm), so you can sync up your devices or burn your music to CD hassle-free.' Not to mention Linux." Of course, without DRM few of the major labels play with them.

13 of 349 comments (clear)

  1. Store in beta? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    So if while testing I get some music for free, do I have to return it?

    1. Re:Store in beta? by Dachannien · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yes, but they charge a 20% restocking fee.

  2. " Zunes" by evwah · · Score: 5, Funny

    " Zunes"

    don't be so sure... someone would had to have actually BOUGHT one of these in order to make sure they can play mp3s.

    1. Re:" Zunes" by oyenstikker · · Score: 2, Funny

      Plural. It would require that _two_ people bought them.

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    2. Re:" Zunes" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      You must have forgotten about Microsoft's Zune-only technology, PlaysForSureReallyWeAreTotallyNotKiddingThisTime (tm).

    3. Re:" Zunes" by Sciros · · Score: 2, Funny

      Why not just buy the "natural" (compressed poop) color Zune and a bottle of white-out?

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  3. Re:True, however ... by heelrod · · Score: 5, Funny

    But (tm), can (tm) we (tm) really (tm) do (tm) anything (tm) without (tm) Lawyers (tm) ? (tm)

  4. Fixed it for you... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    But® can® we® really® do® anything® without® Laywers® ?®

    Remember, the lawyers will want to seek stronger legal protections.

  5. Re:Haha - Bill Gates and the Rolling Stones by Dogtanian · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bill Gates paid $12 Million for the right to use "Start Me Up" to use with Windows.

    From the "Top 100 Best Sellers", I see that Linux users can get it for 89 cents. Nice one :-)

    But seriously, Bill Gates didn't pay $12 Million for "Start Me Up". He paid 89 cents like everyone else.

    What he paid $11,999,999.11 for was the right to leave out the line "You make a grown man cry".
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  6. Re:This works outside the US by Snowgen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Result? It works. Raw MP3 downloads. Legal.

    Provided that your definition of legal means "obtained in violation of the terms of service and by providing fraudulent information to bypass the compliance checks."

  7. Re:This works outside the US by rkanodia · · Score: 4, Funny

    1 Infinite Loop
    New York
    Cupertino, CA 95014

    Look's like it's not just Americans who can't be bothered to learn geography.
  8. Re:True, however ... by Tumbleweed · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cheers. If I'm lucky it'll soon be available on this side of the pond at the usual 1 USD = 1 GBP exchange rate for 'digital content'...

    Shipping costs, ya know. :)

  9. Re:True, however ... by IthnkImParanoid · · Score: 3, Funny

    Finding the song(s) you want out of the aforementioned few hundred files and saving them as a playlist in a way that doesn't make you want to punch a baby?

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