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Amazon launches sale of DRM-free MP3s
Merlin Mann | Sep 25 2007
Daring Fireball: The Amazon MP3 Store and Amazon MP3 Downloader
I'm with Gruber -- this is a welcome and fan-friendly addition to the marketplace. And, frankly, I'm glad there's finally somebody out there who can really give Apple some competition in this area. One thing: I'm surprised that MP3 sales links aren't yet mixed into regular CD sales pages. That must certainly be high on their TODO list. Because Amazon's Google juice is strong as hell, and on the day they put "Buy This Track Now" onto a few dozen thousand PR5+ music pages? Well. That may be the day Apple gets to really see what competition in this space looks like. 19 Comments
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 ironicSubmitted by Tallman610 on September 28, 2007 - 5:45am.
Interesting that as of Thursday evening the top song was 1234 by Feist, a song popularized by its use in an Apple iPod Nano commercial. Apple's iTunes model made purchased downloadable music a functioning commercial model. I wonder whose pocket that 10 cents a track is coming out of? » POSTED IN:
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