[Year 12 IT Apps] Amazon's Cloud Storage Gets Negative Response from Labels

[Anderson, Stuart L]

When Amazon launched its new Cloud Drive service <http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/amazon-launches-cloud-based-streaming-service-20110329>  on Tuesday, the digital retailer did so without establishing licensing deals with record labels, which has led to a very negative response <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/digital-and-mobile/amazon-s-third-rate-unlicensed-cloud-service-1005099032.story>  from major labels. The service - which allows customers to store their music files on Amazon's servers and stream the music on portable players - has some ambiguous legality, which has led competitors such as Google and Apple to hold off on debuting similar services in order to deal with licensing issues.
 
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/amazons-cloud-storage-gets-negative-response-from-labels-20110331
 
 
Stuart Anderson
VCE Accounting and IT Applications teacher
Kambrya College

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