Amazon Selling DRM-free MP3s at the AmazonMP3 Store
Cool — Amazon just launched a public beta version of AmazonMP3, their new music download store selling DRM-free MP3s. iTunes is great in terms of user experience, but all purchased music is iPod-bound. Cool things about AmazonMP3:
-
Launched with 2 million + songs
-
MP3 tracks are encoded at 256 kbps (iTunes encodes at a lower quality level)
-
No DRM (digital rights management), play on any phone or mp3 player (iTunes is iPod only)
-
Tracks and albums cost as little as $.89 and $4.99 respectively (iTunes sells a few DRM-free tracks for $1.29)
Fun. I’ll be checking the big A for my tunes first. Emusic also sells DRM-free stuff, btw.
Posted to Music Industry by Mike on
September 26, 2007
What Next?
Share This
Subscribe to GarageSpin
Leave a comment
Nice find. I’m not a fan of iTunes (perhaps because I don’t have an iPod), so this looks like a good alternative. I’ll check back after I’ve used it.