[CS-FSLUG] Amazon launches MP3 Music Store

[Timothy Butler]

I think the downloader is partially for convenience (your don't need  
it to buy single tracks). It adds the downloads to iTunes  
automatically on Mac/Windows. That makes it almost (but not quite) as  
convenient as the iTunes Store.

For those who have missed it, iTunes also offers some tracks in a DRM  
free AAC (MPEG-4) file via the service known as iTunes Plus. However,  
they charge $0.30 extra, whereas Amazon is charging the same price as  
the normal, DRM'ed iTunes rate.

	-Tim


On Sep 25, 2007, at 3:50 PM, Ciaran Hamilton wrote:

> If AnywhereCD hadn't been killed off by the lukewarm reactions from
> people and labels ( see
> http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/25/1645217 for details),
> surely this would have done.
>
> Why the special downloader though? Normally something like that would
> make me wary but if they're MP3s then they're npt DRMed, so I can't
> really figure out why the downloader is necessary.
>
> (no, I haven't yet read the FAQ fully. I will do.)
>
>  - Ciaran.
>
> On 9/25/07, Timothy Butler <tbutler at ofb.biz> wrote:
>>  From their FAQ:
>>
>> "If you currently make purchases from Amazon on your computer system,
>> you can make purchases from the Amazon MP3 store. The MP3 files you
>> purchase will download directly to your computer and are compatible
>> with any system that can read the MP3 music format. The Amazon MP3
>> Downloader application is required for purchasing and downloading an
>> entire album and is currently available for Mac and Windows operating
>> systems. A Linux version is in development, so you can't currently
>> buy full albums using Linux, but you can buy individual tracks. For
>> more information, please visit the Amazon MP3 Downloader Help page."
>>
>> Kudos to Amazon for trying to make a multiplatform, consumer friendly
>> music store!
>>
>>         -Tim
>>
>> On Sep 25, 2007, at 3:00 PM, Timothy Butler wrote:
>>
>>> This might be of interest to those on both lists I'm sending this  
>>> to.
>>> Amazon has launched an MP3 music store. The songs are DRM free, 256
>>> kbps and seem to be priced at $.99 or lower (e.g. lower than iTunes
>>> Plus). Since the music will play on my iPod, you can color me
>>> intrigued. The service -- unlike Wal-Mart.com's MP3 music store --
>>> seems to work on Mac OS X, instead of just Windows. I think it looks
>>> like it would work on Linux too, which makes it unique among music
>>> stores selling major label music.
>>>
>>> Looks nifty!
>>>
>>>       -Tim
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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