Amazon Announces Cloud Player and Cloud Drive

[tubemonkey]

David Israeite of the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) called the move “troubling,” and added that Amazon was not creating “an environment of trust and cooperation.”

Troubling

These guys don't have a legal leg to stand on. Amazon's right.

[Giggleton]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Where would this money come from without advertising revenue?

I'm not sure, short ads could be placed at the beginning of texts and perhaps at the end. Uploaders tend to rip out the advertisements before they upload, if the creators were to upload themselves I suspect most would download from the source, and only a small percentage would take the time to grab the remote and fast forward

But I doubt the revenue streams will maintain their distribution percentages at their current levels, I expect a spreading of the wealth between all sources, with slants toward the most popular, not simply what the big 6 deem for us to believe is the most popular. Maybe that is for the best.

[Vivianne Turner]

Nice article about amazon cloud player at http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...50C0A9679D8B63

However needs some updating - "there's no Cloud Player app for the iPhone, iPod or iPad -- only Android phones" - For iPhone use WiFi2HiFi app - it steams Amazon Cloud Player
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb6rm...eature=related