Amazon is set to launch its long awaited download store in mid-September according to the New York Post 紐約郵報.
All tracks on the new service will be DRM-free including tracks from EMI and Universal and hundreds of independent labels including several we hear that have never sold DRM free previously之前. Absent will be 欠缺的是 copy protected tracks from WMG or Sony/BMG.
Amazon will have at least two track prices - 99 cents for new and hits songs and 89 cents for music from emerging acts新藝人 and back catalog. Full album downloads are expected to cost between $7.99 and $9.99. The pricing strategy 價格策略is rubbing some labels the wrong way惹惱 leaving Amazon still negotiating 談判with some labels.
COMMENTARY評論:
While it is unfortunate and potentially confusing 可能造成混亂to consumers消費者 that some major label product will not be available as downloads, it is hard to overstate
the potential誇大其潛力 of Amazon's new store to attract both adult and indie fans.
By all measures,所有評鑑顯示 Amazon is one of the top five music retailers in the country. Their exclusive adoption 獨家採用of universally compatible 普遍相容DRM free mp3's at normal or discount prices should help expand the digital download market.擴大數位音樂下載市場 And the availability of downloads alongside physical product 非實體產品下載的供應in a trusted and user-friendly environment信任且對用戶友好的環境 is long overdue.早該如此的
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Will lower CD prices at Amazon lead to lower download prices at iTunes and elsewhere? (Digital Audio Insider) Wal-Mart is already selling tracks at $.88 to $.94 and pricing should get even more competitive更具競爭力 if Amazon ever gets its digital store open.
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