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  • April 2008
    • Amazon MP3 Sales Aren’t Hurting iTunes

      Amazon MP3 Sales Aren’t Hurting iTunes

      (Newser) - Amazon.com’s digital music download store isn’t stealing iTunes customers—the six-month-old service is attracting a new consumer demographic, analysts say. A market research firm found that only 10 percent of Amazon MP3 customers surveyed in February previously bought iTunes music, AppleInsider reports. That’s a “healthy indication that the digital music customer pool can expand into new consumer groups,” an analyst says. More »

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      Apple   Amazon.com   iTunes   digital music   digital downloads   digital video   Amazon MP3

  • January 2008
    • Sony BMG Will Bail on DRM

      Sony BMG Will Bail on DRM

      (Newser) - Sony BMG will begin offering at least part of its music catalogue online without restrictive digital rights management mechanisms, Business Week reports. The decision comes after the other three major labels—Warner, EMI, and Universal—decided to ditch DRM in 2007, challenging Apple's 80% share of the legal music downloads market. More »

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      Apple   music label   DRM   DRM free music   Sony BMG   Amazon MP3

  • December 2007
  • October 2007
    • Apple Slashes Price of DRM free iTunes

      Apple Slashes Price of DRM free iTunes

      (Newser) - Apple has dropped the price of its Digital Rights Management (DRM)-free iTunes Plus songs from $1.29 to 99 cents, the same price at which it offers its copy-protected songs, news.com reports. The move looks like a response to  the September 25th launch of Amazon's mp3 store, which offers DRM-free music for 89-99 cents a song. More »

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      Apple   iTunes Store   DRM   Amazon MP3

  • September 2007
    • Amazon Aims at iTunes With Own Digital Music Store

      Amazon Aims at iTunes With Own Digital Music Store

      (Newser) - Amazon threw down the guantlet to iTunes today when it launched its digital music store, Amazon MP3. Roughly 2 million songs are available for 89-99 cents each, with albums going for $5.99 to $9.99. Not only do those prices beat iTunes's, but all the files are DRM-free. Selection is limited, however, by some major labels' refusal to let their music be sold unlocked. More »

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      Apple   Amazon.com   iPod   iTunes   music label   iTunes Store   Amazon MP3

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