Amazon music: 99 cents for 256kbps MP3 DRM free

[Kevin Callahan]

On Sep 26, 2007, at 1:26 PM, mikecap at mac.com wrote:

>> i just figured when Apple announced the 1.29 price for 256k  
>> (before Amazon announced their 99 cent price for 256kbps), that  
>> Apple justified the price increase based on paying for  
>> distributing larger files.
>
> Well, I have no idea of course, but it seemed to me the extra $.30  
> was a premium for higher quality and no DRM, and not a way for them  
> to cover bandwidth costs.

that's exactly what I figured -

>
> And since Amazon is getting DRM-free music from labels that won't  
> let Apple sell DRM-free, it seemed logical to think the music  
> industry is trying to prop up a competitor to Apple.

yeah .. I didn't look at the labels on Amazon .

>
> But really, it's all just speculation :)
>
> Mike
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