Amazon DRM-Free MP3 Store, Now Open
iTunes can suck it. This just in:
“Looks like Amazon went live this morning with a public beta of their MP3 download server. The juicy bits are that all downloads are 256 kbps non-DRMd MP3’s and include the album art. From reading through their FAQ, I don’t see any information regarding whether or not these files are watermarked in any way with your account information. Also, you don’t have the ability to re-download a file at a future date, so you need to be sure you make a backup. I just downloaded a song (my first paid music download) and it worked seamlessly, pretty much the buying experience I expected from Amazon and what I have been waiting for. My fingers are crossed that this is a success and that they can ramp up the catalog…”
I’ll try this out soon. From what I hear the selection isn’t super great yet, but it should eventually catch up with iTunes’, unless some labels/artists absolutely refuse to go DRM-free, in which case they can suck it, too.
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I like the layout of the artists’ pages.
Check it.
And the listening preview thing is seamless. no external player involved. it just plays.
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One thing that would make it better would be to be able to sort songs by album. But nothing’s perfect.
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