I'd be more concerned with how Amazon might push CD sales with this scheme... imagine: Buy our flashy.com branded player, and we'll preload them with music for you!... provided you first buy the album from us in retail form, at "deeply slashed" prices. as for individual song sales, how can they find a sales model to rival iTunes? And is Amazon going to go proprietary in regards to file format, or will they stick with.mp3? I'd imagine they'd have to license that out too, if you wanted your A-maz-pod to get preloaded...
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I'd be more concerned with how Amazon might push CD sales with this scheme... imagine: Buy our flashy .com branded player, and we'll preload them with music for you! ... provided you first buy the album from us in retail form, at "deeply slashed" prices. as for individual song sales, how can they find a sales model to rival iTunes? And is Amazon going to go proprietary in regards to file format, or will they stick with .mp3? I'd imagine they'd have to license that out too, if you wanted your A-maz-pod to get preloaded...
In a rush to reach first post, this moron above goes off about MLK Jr? Anyone got some mod points?