Amazon have added a technology to their company, this is called 'AutoRip'. This is only available in America and it allows customers who have purchased a CD's to get a free digital mp3 copy. Customers will be able to store there free copy on Amazons cloud player which is accessibly through the web, smart phones and tablets. Any customer who has bought a CD in the catalogue from Amazon since the firm started trading in 1998 will be eligible to get a free MP3 copy of it. Amazon said it anticipated creating copies of millions of CDs. This new stage is mostly considered to go against other music companies such as Itunes. The Cupertino giant has similar cloud storage services for music and leads the market with more than 50% of the market share, while Amazon has less than 15%. Google offers a similar service.
BBC- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20972027
Amazon- http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jan/10/amazon-apple-itunes-store-autorip
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