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Amazon Soon Opening DRM-free MP3 Store

Started by Bob Caswell · 10 months ago

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  • revell22

    2 years ago

    I don't have an mp3 and have hesitated with all the restrictions. This might make it worthwhile!
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  • Andrew

    2 years ago

    Maybe this will attract people who download music illegally now.
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  • mrrbob

    2 years ago

    I have never nor will I ever ever ever EVER buy music online unless it is drm free. I would much rather buy the cd then rip it so I got the cd as a backup in case of hard drive crash etc.

    If I could buy just the songs I wanted and they were cheap enough I could go for it though as I could always burn a backup copy if needed.
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  • Tim

    2 years ago

    This is just the first step in making it acceptable to buy music online as far as I'm concerned. The second is upping the quality to the same as the CD. Why should I pay for an inferior product?
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  • belthur

    2 years ago

    Hope this is the beginning of the end of DRM crap. I am pretty sure Amazon, once it starts making a ton of money, others will follow.

    And the consumer is the king once again...touch wood.
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  • Timothy Larsen

    2 years ago

    Yeah (about emusic) but try finding music you've actually heard of!
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  • Jon Bischke

    2 years ago

    I wonder if Amazon will do DRM-free audiobooks as well. We currently sell a pretty large selection but there are many publishers who haven't been willing to sell their content DRM-free.

    http://www.learnoutloud.com/Downloads
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  • refize

    2 years ago

    Another great DRM-free mp3 store is www.iomoio.com. Their holiday’s bonus scheme (till 23:59:59 12/31/2006) is amazing. I've deposited $30 and got $60 credited into my account. I mean it's already cheap (price per song is only $0.15) and now with bonuses like that, you can say that one song costs ONLY $0.075. SEVEN cents for DRM-free mp3? I DEFENETLY CAN LIVE WITH THAT:)
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  • refize

    2 years ago

    Another great DRM-free mp3 store is www.iomoio.com. Their holiday’s bonus scheme (till 23:59:59 12/31/2006) is amazing. I've deposited $30 and got $60 credited into my account. I mean it's already cheap (price per song is only $0.15) and now with bonuses like that, you can say that one song costs ONLY $0.075. SEVEN cents for DRM-free mp3? I DEFINITELY CAN LIVE WITH THAT:)
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  • Andrew Rogers

    2 years ago

    Hi Refize,

    I checked out www.iomoio.com. It is another one of these Russian operated stores that doesn't make artists or labels enough money to even think about surviving. There are quite a few of these stores popping up in various shapes and sizes. While they may put some good pressure on majors, they are not viable business models :(

    -Andrew
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