http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/how-amazon-has-outsmarted-the-music-industry-and-apple/3074?tag=nl.e539
Hopefully it's just the first of wins that the consumer can make against the draconian copyright policies. It must be noted, however, that it took a Corporate behemoth itself to make this move, in its own interest of course. "As far as Im concerned, Amazon just moved the needle significantly on the music industry. Yes, the recording companies are whining already<http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/amazon-debuts-cloud-drive-music-industry-whines-the-screen-that-will-end-up-in-court/46704>. I have no doubt that legal teams from all of the major record labels are in war-room mode right now. But their legal case is nonexistent. Heres what theyll find out if they try. *No sharing? No legal case.* Every analysis of the new Amazon services Ive seen has brought up the example of the lawsuit against Michael Robertsons mp3tunes.com by EMI. Superficially, that service is similar to what Amazon is offering. But theres an absolutely crucial difference. Amazon allows you, personally, to upload your music files to a digital locker and then play them back through a browser or an Android app. By contrast, mp3tunes.com includes a full API<http://www.mp3tunes.com/api/>that allows developers to create cool apps and device access to the MP3tunes Loc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:335771 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
