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Apple’s iTunes Now Number Two Music Retailer in the US

Posted on February 26, 2008August 20, 2008 By Bob Caswell 6 Comments on Apple’s iTunes Now Number Two Music Retailer in the US

itunes2.jpgApple has issued a press release about becoming the number two (behind Wal-Mart) music retailer in the U.S. Best Buy used to have that spot, but music downloads seem to be catching on. Well, that and CD sales are declining rapidly.

Apple claims that 50 million customers have bought over 4 billion songs with 20 million sold on Christmas day alone. That’s impressive even if digital music purchases have yet to offset the decline in CD sales.

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Amazon, Apple, Music, Tech News

Amazon MP3 Expanding Internationally, More DRM-Free in 2008

Posted on January 27, 2008August 20, 2008 By Bob Caswell 12 Comments on Amazon MP3 Expanding Internationally, More DRM-Free in 2008

Amazon MP3Amazon today has announced plans to take its DRM-free MP3 music store to countries beyond the United States. In the U.S., at least, Amazon MP3 is already the online music store of choice.

It’s hard to compete with the largest library (3.3 million songs from 270,000 artists) of restriction free music, much of which is priced lower than the going rate of $0.99/track. And it integrates seamlessly with iTunes (or other desktop music applications) plus works with pretty much any digital music player available.

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Amazon, Apple, Internet, Music, Tech News, Yahoo

Yahoo Working on DRM-Free Music Store

Posted on January 23, 2008August 20, 2008 By Bob Caswell 7 Comments on Yahoo Working on DRM-Free Music Store

YahooHot on the heels of the Last.Fm announcement that you can stream any song up to three times for free, Yahoo rumors are brewing again. According to two record company executives wishing to remain anonymous, Yahoo is in talks with major record labels about offering DRM-free (unprotected) MP3s either for sale or for free supported by ads. Either way, Yahoo wants to launch the new service this year sometime.

This news could be even more interesting when juxtaposed with what Yahoo Music’s VP of Product Development Ian Rogers hinted at a couple weeks ago. Namely, big news revolving around dramatic changes in Yahoo’s music model. He said, “We’re in the process of redefining what Yahoo! Music is, and making it the Music destination in Yahoo!’s successful image.”

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Amazon, Music, Tech News, Web 2.0, Yahoo

DRM Officially Dead for Music: Amazon Now Offers DRM-Free Tracks from All Four Major Labels

Posted on January 10, 2008August 20, 2008 By Bob Caswell 1 Comment on DRM Officially Dead for Music: Amazon Now Offers DRM-Free Tracks from All Four Major Labels

Amazon MP3 LogoJust a few days after our coverage of DRM-free music options for 2008 comes news of Sony BMG now offering its music on Amazon restriction-free. Sony BMG represents artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters, Santana, and Justin Timberlake. And this makes Amazon the first online music store to offer DRM-free songs from all four major labels: Sony BMG, Warner, EMI, and Universal Music.

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Amazon, Apple, Music, Tech News, Web 2.0

Get Ready for DRM-FREE 2008: Amazon, Napster, Sony, Yahoo Music

Posted on January 7, 2008August 20, 2008 By Bob Caswell 8 Comments on Get Ready for DRM-FREE 2008: Amazon, Napster, Sony, Yahoo Music

DRM-free 2008Last year around this same time I wrote on the then current companies killing DRM (Digital Rights Management, music with restrictions). Coincidentally, this year has the month of January giving us even more news on the battle-for-unrestricted-music front.

Here’s the latest news about music within the context of Amazon, Napster, Sony, and Yahoo:

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Amazon, Internet, Music, Sony, Tech News, Web 2.0, Yahoo

Amazon MP3 One Ups Apple, Gets Warner Music MP3s DRM-free

Posted on December 27, 2007August 20, 2008 By Bob Caswell No Comments on Amazon MP3 One Ups Apple, Gets Warner Music MP3s DRM-free

Amazon LogoHot on the heels of news of Apple soon offering rental movies via iTunes, Amazon has some even better news (in my opinion). Another sign that DRM (Digital Rights Management, music with restrictions) is on its way out: Amazon MP3 now offers DRM-free MP3s from Warner Music Group’s catalog.

This makes Amazon’s MP3 download store the first to offer DRM-free music from Warner Music and brings Amazon’s library up to 2.9 million songs, all without restrictions. And Warner’s catalog includes some of the most popular artists: Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Madonna, Green Day, Red Hot Chili Peppers, etc.

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Amazon, Apple, Music, Tech News

Google GDrive Coming Soon But Facing Serious Issues

Posted on November 27, 2007July 13, 2008 By Bob Caswell 8 Comments on Google GDrive Coming Soon But Facing Serious Issues

Google LogoThe Wall Street Journal has the scoop on the latest Google news. Google is hoping to offer consumers a new way to store and access files online. The search giant is working on a service that would let you store essentially all of your files online (documents, music, photos, videos, etc.).

I already do this with Mozy for free. But Mozy works more as a backup that I generally access only when I need to restore files. Google wants to simplify the process of transferring and opening files such that you would actually be using your online files actively.

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Google, Internet, Microsoft, Music, Privacy, Tech News, Web 2.0

Radiohead Responds to Download Stats: Says They’re False

Posted on November 8, 2007August 20, 2008 By Bob Caswell 214 Comments on Radiohead Responds to Download Stats: Says They’re False

Radiohead BandRadiohead has decided to respond to the previous coverage of their social experiment of offering their album online at a name-your-own price. According to a study (by a third party, comScore), only 38% of downloaders paid something while the 62% majority paid nothing. And of those paying, most paid less than $4. While it was fun to speculate on what this could mean for the music industry, turns out any speculation was based on more speculation (comScore’s). Here’s what Radiohead had to say:

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Music, Tech News, Web 2.0

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