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The big new music industry news this week the new Amazon.com DRM-Free mp3 download store. Be sure to check it out. Here are:

An Overview And First Look
What The New Store Is…And Is Not
Analysis & reaction from around the web
Here at Our Digital Music Amazon lead the “Top 5 Favorite Places To Buy MP3 Downloads“

Yahoo! Music is scaling back its operations. One source says half the staff was let go last week.There are plenty of other places on the web to discover and buy new music, but its still not good for music fans.
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1. Amazon – This download store just opened, but it’s all DRM free mp3’s all of the time. While – like the other DRM free stores it does not have all of the major label product (only EMIa nd some Universal thanks to old school thinking at Warner Music Group and Sony BMG) – Amazon offers 2.3 million mp3’s at prices ranging from $.89 to $.99 and most albums from $4.99 to $9.99.
2. eMusic – You have to buy a subscription starting at $9.99 per month for 30 tracks and you won’t find any of the major label product …read more

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We love the new Amazon MP3 download store. What’s not to like about DRM free downloads you can play anywhere on anything for $.89 to $.99 and albums $4.99 – $9.99? But what do others think of the new service?
Engadet – “If you’re into DRM-free music, you have a reason to get pretty excited today.”
Gozmodo – “Good news: there’s loads of Bowie, Stones, Daft Punk, Kanye. And the even better news is that the only Britney, Pussycat Dolls and Avril Lavigne you can find are karaoke versions, which means they’ll be better than the originals. The bad news is that, …read more

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It’s a great day for those of us who love to download music online but hate all of the restrictions that come with iTunes (you can only play most of the tracks bought there on your iPod) and most other download stores (you can’t play most of the tracks you buy on your iPod).
After months of speculation Amazon has opened an all mp3 DRM free download store with most of the tracks prices at 89 to 99 cents and albums $5.99 to$9.99.   The impressive offering of 2.3 million tracks does not include every major label or hit artist but it …read more

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Online retailer AnywhereCD is having a going out of business clearance sale with thousands of CD’s and mp3 albums for sale for $7.  Get there fast!

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Virgin will shut its music subscription and download services in the US and UKas of October 19th.
In the UK, Virgin Digital stopped selling tracks last week and is no longer accepting new customers. U.S. customers will face a similar fate, but will get a credit to be used on Napster’s music download service.
Virgin Digital allows customers to download tracks four more times to replace lost or damaged copies. Since that option will no longer be available, Virgin is advising customers to burn the songs to CD. Burning the tracks will let those customers re-import the tracks to the computer as …read more

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Starbucks will be giving away 50 million free tracks to mark the launch  of the new iTunes wireless store.  From Oct. 2 to Nov. 7  in all 10,000 U.S. Starbucks outlets when you order your late  you will also be handed one of 1.5 million “Song of the Day” cards good on on iTunes.
The first song featured is Bob Dylan’s “Joker Man followed by 36 others including Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell,  Dave Mathews, Joss Stone, John Mayer, Annie Lennox and Band of Horses.
Starbucks will also sell exclusive digital cards good for full albums plus bonus material on iTunes.  KT Tunstall’s …read more

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There is a battle going on between to new free ad supported music download services – We7 vs. SprialFrog. Read an exclusive interview with the head of We7, check out each service and vote to tell us which one you like best here.
Never doubt the power of YouTube. A crazed Britney Spears fan just got his own TV reality show. B
New study says DRM violates Canadian privacy laws. Post 911 I don’t see that happening in the US.
Got a band? Hypebot began a series of 100 Free & Affordable High & Low Tech Ways To Promote Music. Read …read more

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It’s not true. But you can still get the t-shirt at Amazon.

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Popular DRM-free download subscription service eMusic which specializes in indie music has launched a new application dubbed eMusic Remote which syncs traks with the three most popular media players – iTunes, Windows Media Player and Winamp.
Remote automatically moves eMusic downloads to your preferred player for easy transfer to digital music devices like your iPod. The application provides an all-in-one browsing and downloading experience for eMusic users. Smartly Remote is based on open source technology that works on Windows, Linux or Mac OS X and could also be used bu independent programmers to create additional applications and add-ons.
If all od …read more

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