KnightMare
03-26-2008, 09:48 PM
Amazon becomes #2 in digital music sales (http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20080326/tc_usatoday/amazontakesonapplewithcop yprotectionfreemusic)
Front Page Article (http://www.tribalwar.com/news/5360-Amazon-becomes-digital-music-sales.html)
Amazon's (AMZN) MP3 store - which sells only songs without copy protection - has quietly become No. 2 in digital sales since opening nearly six months ago. That's even though Apple (AAPL) dominates digital music with its iTunes Store (the second-largest music retailer in the world, after Wal-Mart) (WMT) and its hugely popular iPod.
The push for copy-protection-free music began nearly a year ago, when Apple and major label EMI shocked the industry by announcing a landmark arrangement to sell 150,000 songs without digital rights management (DRM) software. It was the first time a major label had agreed to such terms.
Front Page Article (http://www.tribalwar.com/news/5360-Amazon-becomes-digital-music-sales.html)
Amazon's (AMZN) MP3 store - which sells only songs without copy protection - has quietly become No. 2 in digital sales since opening nearly six months ago. That's even though Apple (AAPL) dominates digital music with its iTunes Store (the second-largest music retailer in the world, after Wal-Mart) (WMT) and its hugely popular iPod.
The push for copy-protection-free music began nearly a year ago, when Apple and major label EMI shocked the industry by announcing a landmark arrangement to sell 150,000 songs without digital rights management (DRM) software. It was the first time a major label had agreed to such terms.