[CS-FSLUG] Amazon launches MP3 Music Store
John Mark Clayton
clayton256 at gmail.com
Tue Sep 25 17:51:55 CDT 2007
I just bought and am playing a track using firefox on Xubuntu (feisty).
Read the track description carefully. Several songs I wanted where
not performed by the original artist.
Mark
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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ---
> > Timothy R. Butler | "Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher
> > tbutler at ofb.biz | is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and
> > www.uninet.info | poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in
> > timothybutler.us | being big with wonder."
> > -- Thomas
> > Aquinas
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > ChristianSource FSLUG mailing list
> > Christiansource at ofb.biz
> > http://cs.uninetsolutions.com
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> ChristianSource FSLUG mailing list
> Christiansource at ofb.biz
> http://cs.uninetsolutions.com
>
--
clayton256 at gmail.com
More information about the Christiansource
mailing list