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Are Google Music and Amazon Cloud Player Legal?

Posted by Soulskill on from the reply-hazy-ask-again dept.

Fudge Factor 3000 writes "Earlier this year both Google and Amazon introduced cloud music storage where users could upload their music and listen to it wherever they had an internet connection. The music industry, however, was up in arms because they believed that Google and Amazon had to pay additional licensing fees for their music storage services. Tim B. Lee at Ars has written an excellent summary of the legal issues surrounding these services. His ultimate conclusion is that Google and Amazon would probably withstand any legal assaults, but it still remains a tough call."

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  1. Re:Thesis by xiayou · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    well i think that must be use for amazon cloud player thesis & also It depends.. Have they paid for the proper "protection"?

  2. Re:Yay America! by Doctor_Jest · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    EXACTLY THIS. How is my home media server (I have two) any different from Amazon's cloud? Answer: There IS no difference. But they're sure trying to wring every single dollar out of this they can... I guess their planned obsolescence is coming sooner than they had hoped.

    The internet lets people be their own record label... and that is pissing them off to NO end. Life's hard, buy a helmet. :)

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  3. mod Do4wn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  4. Re:iCloud also works with no internet by pandrijeczko · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Actually, for your information I've been happily with my common-law wife now for 18 years and we are very happy, thanks very much.

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