Amazon Cloud Music Player

[Deeko]

They don't have to "shut it down". It is simple business.

Amazon makes money by selling products such as those provided by the music industry.
Amazon makes no money via this cloud music player.

All the music industry would have to do is (threaten to) pull their products from Amazons store.

Amazon needs the music industry. The music industry doesn't need Amazon. There are plenty of retailers that are willing to play by the industries rules for them to be phased by Amazon.

Its a little hard for Amazon to provide a free service when they have no revenue to support that service.

See, this cloud music player is seen by Amazon as a means to drive sales of digital music. If there is no sale of digital music, the cloud music player isn't doing its job.

You really underestimate the power of Amazon. Amazon is a huge retailer, both of digital and physical goods. Amazon has sold lots and lots of, say, Sony products of the years.

Specifically talking about music - Amazon fundamentally changed the online music business, and they were a much smaller player when they did it. They wanted DRM-less music...they got it. Now everyone has it.

Amazon is not some tiny little record shop that can be pushed around. They have a lot of money, a lot of loyal customers, and a lot of influence.

 

[ViRGE]

Like DRM-less music.

DRM-less music specifically happened because the labels were trying to drive customers away from Apple. By giving Amazon the right to do DRM-free first, it was their hope that customers would move to Amazon (or really, anywhere else that wasn't Apple). It didn't really work, though it did help to get Apple to capitulate on variable pricing.

 

[Glitchny]

Amazon states Cloud Music service increased digital music sales.

Should make things more interesting.

They also reiterate how they don't need a license.

the e-mail goes a step further, saying, "Cloud Player is a media management and play-back application not unlike Windows Media Player and any number of other media management applications that let customers manage and play their music. It requires a license from content owners no more than those applications do. It really is that simple."

 

[KentState]

Like DRM-less music.

You also have to realize that Amazon is probably the biggest retailer of physical music out there (not named Wal-Mart). This is huge for the large group of people who don't understand this whole digital music thing- they want a physical disk to play in their car.

Amazon has some leverage. Good luck to them I say!

I fully understand the digital download and still buy the physical media. If I'm going to pay the close to the same amount, I want to have a physical copy. I can let someone borrow the cd, rip it at whatever rate I want, and I don't have to rely on storage either locally or in a cloud. Plus with Prime, I get it either same day or free 2nd day delivery.

 

[Vivianne Turner]

You get 20gigs free if you buy an album from them I believe.

As I see 5GB - is free start. Any songs you buy from Amazon don't count against your storage limit: the storage is just added to this five.
See nice article at http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpa...9679D8B63&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=2

However it needs some update in this point "There's no Cloud Player app for the iPhone, iPod or iPad -- only Android phones." - to stream music on iPhone, use [FONT=&quot]WiFi2HiFi [/FONT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb6rmt9GnN8&feature=related

 

[gorcorps]

As I see 5GB - is free start. Any songs you buy from Amazon don't count against your storage limit: the storage is just added to this five.
See nice article at http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpa...9679D8B63&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=2

However it needs some update in this point "There's no Cloud Player app for the iPhone, iPod or iPad -- only Android phones." - to stream music on iPhone, use [FONT=&quot]WiFi2HiFi [/FONT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb6rmt9GnN8&feature=related

If you buy a new album on amazon they upgrade you to 20gig for a year. This is a limited time promotion from what I see though. It may even be over, but I don't think so. And of course they still don't count against your limit if you bought them through amazon. Kind of a bummer that my old music I bought there can't be used in the same way.

 

[hokieinidaho]

I'm curious as to why I have to reupload full copies of music that Amazon not only already has, but from which I downloaded. You would think they'd use hashing technology of some sort to keep from having to reupload data they already have on-hand. Not only that, but I wasn't too impressed with not being able to upload selective folders, i.e. like my Amazon folder of music. Maybe this is just the start, and they'll improve as they go forward.

 

[MotionMan]

I'm curious as to why I have to reupload full copies of music that Amazon not only already has, but from which I downloaded. You would think they'd use hashing technology of some sort to keep from having to reupload data they already have on-hand. Not only that, but I wasn't too impressed with not being able to upload selective folders, i.e. like my Amazon folder of music. Maybe this is just the start, and they'll improve as they go forward.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3.com

MotionMan

 

[Adramalech]

Looks like it works with iOS devices now. I am pretty stoked about that

 

[Zen0]

You really underestimate the power of Amazon. Amazon is a huge retailer, both of digital and physical goods. Amazon has sold lots and lots of, say, Sony products of the years.

Specifically talking about music - Amazon fundamentally changed the online music business, and they were a much smaller player when they did it. They wanted DRM-less music...they got it. Now everyone has it.

Amazon is not some tiny little record shop that can be pushed around. They have a lot of money, a lot of loyal customers, and a lot of influence.

Absolutely. The record companies can expect a blacklash if they try to mess with my favorite online retailer.

 

[DirkGently1]

The Google cloud service lauches today. I'll be uploading my collection when i return home

 

[Adramalech]

The Google cloud service lauches today. I'll be uploading my collection when i return home

Lucky! That means you have gotten an invitation from Google I/O

 

[FeuerFrei]

First time I've run into this stipulation ... trying to buy an mp3 album.

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Ugh
I just want my mp3s. I want nothing to do with Amazon's Cloud Player. I reject the terms of use. How can I circumvent creating a Cloud Player account when I download an album???