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Article: Amazon to offer digital music downloads.

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May 16, 2007
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Byline: Eric Benderoff

CHICAGO _ Like Steve Jobs of Apple Inc. before him, Jeff Bezos is attempting to force a revolution on how consumers listen to and purchase digital music.

Bezos, the chief executive of Amazon.com, said Wednesday that his online store will add digital music downloads to its offerings. It will include a big caveat likely to please consumers: Amazon will sell the tunes with no copy protection.

That means Amazon-bought songs can play on any portable device, ranging from Apple's market-leading iPod to Microsoft Corp.'s new Zune. Consumers can legally use, copy and share that music any way they please, a boon to music fans who ...

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