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Watermarks Could Rain On Cloud Music Locker Parade

Music publishers are none too pleased with Amazon’s decision to launch a music locker service where anyone can store up to 5GB of MP3s and stream them back over any internet-connected computer or Amazon’s Cloud Player Android app, without a cent going either to Amazon or copyright holders.


March 31, 2011
Entertainment

Amazon Now Trying To Get Licensing Deals With Record Labels

From thinking they don’t need licensing deals, to “aggressively courting” the big record labels, Amazon’s change of heart on the Cloud Player storing/streaming issue will likely cost them dear. After all, it’s not like the labels will be responding nicely to their calls, after effectively setting up a streaming service to rival their own (in Sony Music’s case, anyway.)


March 30, 2011
Online

Could Amazon’s Cloud Player Be Illegal?

Amazon may argue that functionally, their Cloud Drive service is the same as storing media on an external hard drive, but question marks hover over their Cloud Player, which streams those tracks from the cloud.


March 29, 2011
Entertainment

Amazon Cloud Player Goes Live, Will Let You Upload And Stream Your Music For Free

As we’ve speculated it might, Amazon has announced its own media streaming service. It’s called the Amazon Cloud Player and you can start using it right now.