Just how Amazon Cloud Player operates
Users are able to listen to uploaded music no matter where they are with no copying or synching with the Amazon Cloud Player. You are able to always listen to the music on the Amazon Cloud player with no storing it all. Whether you have a Mac or PC, a free uploaded lets you upload all music into an online music library whether it is MP3 files or AAC files. The Amazon Cloud Player supports this. You cannot upload any WAV files, ring tones, audio books or copy-protected songs. Just like an uploaded file, the music streams at 256 kilobit quality. You are given five megabytes of storage for free by Amazon. About 1,200 MP3 songs can be uploaded with that space. Storage goes up to 20 megabytes for a year whenever you buy an Amazon album. The storage limit doesn't include any Amazon songs that are purchased for the Cloud Player account. If you go over the megabyte limit, it costs $1 per megabyte per year. It is relatively cheap.
There is praise on Cloud Player
The Amazon Cloud Player got lots of praise from most analysts. The security is an issue most are concerned with though. This is what the Amazon Cloud license agreement states: “You give us the right to access, retain, use and disclose your account information and your files.” Plus: “We do not guarantee that your files will not be subject to misappropriation, loss or damage and we will not be liable if they are. You’re responsible for maintaining appropriate security, protection and backup of your files.” While wireless carriers are starting to get rid of unlimited plans on data, the Amazon Cloud Player has been released. Music files virtually guarantee to bust the limits on monthly data plans. The cloud music will only be listened to in Wi-Fi hot spots. Everywhere else it will be unavailable. Users are just going to have to use a regular iPod in the situations where there is no Wi-Fi.
Hope that Amazon can do it
Music labels are really mad about the Amazon Cloud Player. In order to get cloud music services, both Apple and Google have been doing license agreements with all of the record labels. Amazon just went ahead and started it anyway. Amazon said that you do not need a license for cloud storage since it's exactly like a hard drive although music labels say it has to be licensed. Some analysts have said that Apple and Google are happy to let Amazon take the risk of setting a legal precedent that eliminates the need for licensing cloud music services. The cloud music services for Apple and Google are expected to come out this year with the possibility of subscriptions allowing users to listen to music that does not belong to them.
Articles cited
New York Times
nytimes.com/2011/03/31/technology/personaltech/31pogue.html?pagewanted=2&src=busln
PC Magazine
pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2382830,00.asp
Computerworld
computerworld.com/s/article/9215342/Amazon_Apple_Google_play_chicken_over_cloud_music_lockers
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