Comments on: Amazon Completes DRM-Free Roster With Sony-BMG

By: MySpace s’associe avec les grands labels de musique pour un nouveau MySpaceMusic

MySpace s’associe avec les grands labels de musique pour un nouveau MySpaceMusic — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 09:51:22 +0000

[…] Les utilisateurs pourront écouter de la musique à la demande, créer des playlists et rajouter un widget-lecteur sur leurs pages de profil. Il y aura de la publicité sur le streaming d’abord visuelle (comme sur Imeem) puis plus tard en audio. Des téléchargements en DRM seront disponibles, avec de la publicité ou pour un prix de base comme sur Amazon’s Music Store. […]

By: TechCrunch en français » MySpace s'associe avec les grands labels de musique pour un nouveau MySpaceMusic

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:40:13 +0000

By: Confirmed: MySpace To Launch New Music Joint Venture With Big Labels

Confirmed: MySpace To Launch New Music Joint Venture With Big Labels — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 06:07:52 +0000

[…] Users will be able to stream music on demand, create playlists, and add widget music players to their profiles. The streaming will be advertising supported - at first via display ads (like Imeem), and later via in-stream audio ads. DRM-free downloads will also be available, either advertising supported or on a pay basis like Amazon’s Music Store. […]

By: Amazon заявляет, что возможность международной закачки в Amazon MP3 появится в 2008 г. | TechCrunch по-русски

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:34:26 +0000

[…] Amazon’а был запущен в сентябре и в этом месяце уже подписал контракт с последним главным лэйблом. Компания отказывается […]

By: Amazon Says International MP3 Downloads Coming in 2008

Amazon Says International MP3 Downloads Coming in 2008 — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:42:36 +0000

[…] MP3 store launched in September and signed up the last major label just this month. The company is declining to provide a “specific launch […]

By: bezmo.com » Blog Archive » Who will be doing the last mile in 2 years time?

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:37:31 +0000

[…] is changing. Now more and more record companies are joining the DRM-free world. Earlier in January, Sony-BMG joined the club; announcing a deal with Amazon MP3. DRM seems to be a thing of the past. Increasingly more and more record companies are going […]

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:52:29 +0000

Jon (#12) - why are you bothered with the tracing? Of course they’re still going to protect their property. The point of this move isn’t to make it easier for you to put music on your blog for download; it’s to make it easier for you to port music for which you have a valid license.

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vrypan|net|weblog » VPNR-080104 #103 — πρωινό — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:22:01 +0000

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By: c-bot

c-bot — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:32:18 +0000

One thing that needs to be re-educated (if it can) to the masses is this “take, take, take” philosophy. We haven’t been paying the real price of anything for years. From a physical or ethical standpoint. Something has got to give. Even if prices are distorted by the distributors/record labels “cut” we are not paying the real price.

By: Martin Morgan

Martin Morgan — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:09:37 +0000

Give it away for free! what a moronic statement.
so all the musicians in the world are expected to produce their lifes work for you freeloaders to steal?
Thats one of the main problem with todays society getting everything for nothing in return and ultimately knowing the value of nothing.

By: Timothy

Timothy — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:26:33 +0000

I like , I like very much . A step in the right direction but will fail in the end.

Just see the light and give it away for free ??

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http://www.xencasino.com

By: Michael Pate

Michael Pate — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:47:14 +0000

I noticed that none of the artists from Sony BMG-distributed Wind-Up Records like Seether, Creed, and Evanescence are available yet, although Seether seems to indicating they are coming soon.

By: fernando

fernando — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:10:28 +0000

Michael A.

I’ve purchased 352 DRM songs from iTunes. Yeah, exactly: 352 songs. So far I’ve purchased 15 non-DRM tracks: 10 from iTunes and 5 from Amazon. Aside from price on only 3 tracks from Amazon, I’ve seen not lessening of my enjoyment of DRM tracks compared to non-DRM tracks. Your snide comment to MGZ makes no sense in relation to this article.

By: TechConsumer

TechConsumer — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:51:19 +0000

DRM Officially Dead for Music: Amazon Now Offers DRM-Free Tracks from All Four Major Labels…

Just a few days after our coverage of DRM-free music options for 2008 comes news of Sony BMG now offering its music on Amazon restriction-free. Sony BMG represents artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters, Santana, and Justin Timberlake. And thi…

By: Bob Caswell

Bob Caswell — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:53:37 +0000

Full press release from Amazon here:

http://www.techconsumer.com/20.....or-labels/

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:03:07 +0000

Don’t confuse DRM-free music with anonymity, each track purchased that is DRM-free music contains code leading back to the source - meaning if you share your music online that has been purchased legally, they can track it back to YOU to pursuit a case against you. This is the only reason why these guys are “signing-on” to this idea.

Jon
http://buzvia.com - Share Influence

By: Digital Tech News - Digital Technology

Digital Tech News - Digital Technology — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:53:29 +0000

DRM-free MP3s from SONY BMG Available at Amazon MP3 Download Service…

After announcing that DRM-free MP3 music from Warner Music Group would be added to Amazon.com’s Amazon MP3 download service last month, SONY BMG has now joined the party. Some 200,000 DRM-free MP3 tracks from SONY BMG will be available to…

By: zxspectrum

zxspectrum — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:49:21 +0000

@ Danny + Howard

70-80% market share gets you credit…(just please don’t make this an apple fanboys vs. the rest of the nerds fight)

btw - i was under the impression tht eMusic does subscriptions only?

By: Murmillo

Murmillo — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:41:37 +0000

Wow, this article is so low, I actually had to scroll up to see that I’m not on Engadget.

Nothing about the Amazon offer is cool. Nothing is free. Evrything on AmazonMP3 is about getting the RIAA back in control over the marketplace so they can throw the next evil little plan at us.

A few of the commentators got it right: Why not outside the US? Why not on eMusic?

By: Larry Larrikin

Larry Larrikin — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:39:02 +0000

Hopefully Amazon will keep track of what you buy and allow you to re-download if you lose something. There’s definitely room to improve on Apple’s customer service. And it’s only the Leotards who think Jobs really wants DRM — he’d rather have customer lock-in.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:32:57 +0000

I really don’t think credit matters here. Apple sycophants (and I’m not saying all Apple fans are sycophants) will think Apple is responsible for this no matter what. For Amazon’s part they are a corporation that doesn’t care if you give them credit as long as you give them your money. Bottom Line: It doesn’t matter.

What does matter is that I spent about $50 a month on digital music last year and most of it was with iTunes. But since Amazon started selling MP3s they’ve gotten almost all my business (with th exception of a few tracks I just couldn’t find on Amazon). Moreover, I was specifically trying to spend less on iTunes and just order CDs because of the DRM but now that isn’t a concern. Plus, the integration with the iTunes software makes Amazon’s service just about perfect.

I honestly think Amazon might be building its own little halo effect around digital media right now. I’m even tempted to give Unbox another chance and that was an utter disaster last time I tried it.

By: ryan troy

ryan troy — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:15:00 +0000

Hopefully Amazon’s reporting will be better than what itunes currently offers affiliates.

By: Danny

Danny — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:53:25 +0000

>Apple and Jobs have made in pushing for DRM-free music.

I love it that Jobs “me too” letter gets the credit when it was drop dead obvious that the other players and the only smart people left at the labels were headed that way.

Emusic has been been DRM from the start - any word on whether they will be adding majors?

By: Howard

Howard — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:49:19 +0000

MGZ - I love how you think that Jobs and Apple were the one’s that made headway in pushing the labels to go DRM-free. Job’s manifesto was reactionary to other players in the market who had already convinced some labels to make the move.

Congrats to AmazonMP3, this just means that I’ll use thier service more.

By: making ethanol

making ethanol — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:28:20 +0000

wonder if that will affect Amazon’s share price.