Amazon launches DRM-free music store

September 27, 2007 by Geeks are Sexy | 2 comments

Amazon MP3It’s about time a major name in the world of online merchants started selling DRM-free music! Amazon MP3, a division of Amazon.com, just launched, and so far, the service looks very promising.

The store already offers 2 million titles, and as its name implies, the songs are in MP3 format. Amazon MP3 media files are not protected by DRM, so users can play them on any media player they wish, and copy and share them at will.

Music tracks currently sell for $0.89 and $0.99, and albums go for either $5.99 or $9.99

My guess is that with this new service, Amazon is trying to directly compete with iTunes, the number one online music store on the net. iTunes currently has around 70 percent of the online song market in the United States, but I’m sure Amazon MP3 will bring that percentage down a bit.

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2 Responses to “Amazon launches DRM-free music store”

  1. krillz says:

    it’s strange how microsoft isn’t after the money that can be made here, sure they have some links in the media player, but it seems they aren’t really after the money in the music selling area.

    Now that isn’t like M$ I thought they were after all money they could make.

  2. Egonitron says:

    Very very good. I would never ever buy DRM’d music. If for no other reason than the principle.

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