Yay! Amazon to sell DRM-free MP3 music

[Musicat]

Hip, hip, hooray! Amazon announces plans to sell DRM-free, MP3 coded, songs!

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/BUSINESS/05/16/amazon.music.ap/

Executives at the Seattle-based company said they decided to steer clear of digital-rights management technology, because consumers want to be able to listen to their downloads on any device they choose.

Bill Carr, Amazon.com’s vice president of digital media, said the company believes its DRM-free strategy “is helping to pave the way for a much better, much more customer-centric experience in digital music.”

Seattle-based Amazon.com did not say how much it will charge for music downloads, which will be sold a la carte rather than through a subscription service.

also:

http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/kYi6U9gO6TqvCc/Will-Amazon-Filch-a-Slice-of-Apples-Pie-or-Simply-Bake-Its-Own.xhtml

Google and Amazon, my heroes!

[Baraqiyal]

I had always assumed that it was the music companies, not the online music store that dictated the DRM. If Amazon can do it, I’m wondering why iTunes and the others don’t offer DRM free music too.

[wasson]

@Baraqiyal

I had always assumed that it was the music companies, not the online music store that dictated the DRM. If Amazon can do it, I’m wondering why iTunes and the others don’t offer DRM free music too.

iTunes and Steve Jobs actually led the way with DRM free downloads, persuading EMI to start selling their music DRM-free. Those sales start at the end of the month.

[Musicat]

@Baraqiyal

I had always assumed that it was the music companies, not the online music store that dictated the DRM. If Amazon can do it, I’m wondering why iTunes and the others don’t offer DRM free music too.

Money talks, but suspicion reigns.