January 02, 2008

hypebot: What WMG MP3's On Amazon Really Means

And one more to go for my prediction to come true: all of the major labels selling MP3s by the end of 2007 (yes... a few months later but still ;); read this link from hypebot: What WMG MP3's On Amazon Really Means.

"With the addition of Warner Music Group product to its 2.9 million track DRM free mp3 catalog, Amazon is poised to to take on the mighty iTunes. The final piece of the product puzzle, Sony BMG, will inevitably be forced to join the other three major labels in freeing their downloads of unpopular and restrictive "copy protection..."

Jan 2, 2008 10:44:11 AM | DRM

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