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Amazon Releases Cloud-Based Music Service

Posted by samzenpus on from the aether-tunes dept.

c0lo writes "Right after rumors that Google was preparing to take on iTunes service with a digital music store of its own, Amazon has announced that it's entering the fight with a cloud-based music service of its own. From the article: 'Amazon Cloud Drive is a "personal disk drive in the cloud," while Amazon Cloud Player is, well, a Web-based music player. That's right--Amazon Cloud Drive will be something like Google's rumored digital music locker, a cloud-based storage system for all of your tunes.'"

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  1. Clouds and overages by dicobalt · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I prefer my clouds to be in the sky. I also prefer not to go over my 250GB monthly cap.

  2. Re:It's cloud-based alright by adamchou · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That link has nothing to do with copyright law and I don't even see how that case is at all relevant to Amazon's or Google's service. On top of that, Amazon isn't providing a music sharing service. Its a web based storage service that only you access.

    As for the lawyers, I HIGHLY doubt that any of the RIAA members have the financial balls to take on either Amazon or Google. Besides, if they go after either of the two companies, both companies have the financial means to pursue the case, most likely win the case, and set precedent that would bar the RIAA from ever pulling crap like that again. So I HOPE that the RIAA decides to try to sue.

  3. Amazon remotely wiped 1984 from peoples' kindles by Scrameustache · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why should you trust them to keep your things?

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