Amazon sells music downloads in UK
- Added:
- Dec 04, 2008
Online retail website Amazon has launched a UK music download service, selling tracks from 59p and albums from £3.
The new music store, called Amazon MP3, will offer more than 3 million songs that will work on any digital music player, including Apple's iPod.
The move puts Amazon in direct competition with Apple for a stake in the growing market of online music sales, which in Britain alone was worth an estimated £163m in 2007.
Unlike many files from Apple's iTunes store, which can only be played through its iTunes interface or on an iPod, the music available from Amazon will be free from the constraints of digital rights management (DRM).
As such, once users download a track, they are free to load and play it on any device: personal computers, mobile phones, and portable media players, including the iPod.
Amazon rival Play.com launched its music service in Feb 2008, selling tracks for 65p and albums from £4.99.