[SoFloFreeper]

I recently downloaded a double album from Amazon for $14 or $15...

[RayChuang88]

I think a big problem for Amazon--despite its success with the Amazon MP3 Download service--is that you need to have an external downloader program to make the download process work, something you don't need with iTunes and its in-program access and purchasing from the iTunes Store. Mind you, the Amazon downloader program automatically puts the music into the general Playlist of iTunes itself so you can easily sync it with an iPod, iPhone or even the iPad.

[Cincinatus]

I started using amazon.com MP3 downloads several years ago and am a very satisfied customer. I started using them because they did not have the incredibly annoying DRM restrictions on their tracks that Apple insisted upon (and still insists that I pay them extra to “upgrade” previously purchased tracks to DRM-free). I continue to use them because the offer a great many albums (especially classical back catalogues) that are not available on iTunes.

[Izzy Dunne]

Kid Rock - the Beatles killer?

45 years on, not even close.

[ez]

Rock's new song "Born Free" may be one of the most repetitive and banal songs I have heard. In a handful of clips, I have only ever heard the words "I was born free" repeated over and over. First he steals the music for "All Summer Long" from the classics "Werewolves of London" and "Sweet Home Alabama" and then borrows the hook of his next release from the song and movie of the same title, sung by Andy Williams back in the 1970's. Not a lot of artistry to speak of...

[VanDeKoik]

The article makes no sense, as most Apple cheerleader articles seem to.

They are comparing the Beatles to Kid Rock, to prove what exactly?

[ThomasSawyer]

The only reason I use I-Tunes software is to put music on a Shuffle someone gave me. Otherwise, I download my music from either Amazon or Napster and use Windows Media Player or Windows Explorer to put it on my Fuze. I can play those same MP3s on my home wireless players. I don’t have to worry about the music being in some sort of goofy proprietary format. I also don’t have to feel like I paid twice as much as I should have for an MP3 player because of it’s name. The aggravating thing is that Apple has been so successful at cornering the market that there is a very limited selection of accessories for anything not Apple.

[KarlInOhio]

What happens on iTunes if you lose your purchases through accidental deletion or a crashed disk? Amazon allows you one download and you have to rebuy if you lose your files (be sure to back-up).