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Sony Now Selling DRM-Free Music on Amazon

by Tim Stevens on January 11, 2008 at 01:32 PM

Sony Selling DRM-Free Tunes on Amazon

Amazon.com has done it. In less than six months since its launch, the amazonmp3 service has gone from nothing to establishing a position as the only place on the web to legally download DRM-free music from every major American music studio. It was just a few weeks ago that Warner signed up, leaving Sony as the odd company out, something we predicted would change quickly. We didn't figure it'd be quite this quick, though, with Sony announcing plans to sell DRM-free music on amazonmp3.

DRM is of course the nasty copy protection that comes along much of the music you download online. Lately it's been going out of style faster than trucker hats and corny TV game shows, but Amazon.com's site is the only place on the web that exclusively sells DRM-free music from in a format that works on every digital music player known to man (the ubiquitous MP3), giving it a strong advantage over Apple's iTunes service. Plus, with many of its tracks available for $.89, ten cents cheaper than iTunes, at this point there's no reason not to check out what Amazon has to offer.

From USA Today

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Tags: amazommp3, Amazon.com, DRM, MP3, Sony, Warner

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