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Amazon's Cloud Player launched without record labels' consent
Stephen Tenerowicz
Amazon's Cloud Player and Cloud Drive is facing a huge backlash from the music industry that could ignite a major legal battle
Amazon may be facing a huge legal battle over Cloud Drive and Cloud Player
Published on Mar 30, 2011
Amazon's new music service that lets customers store songs and play them on a variety of phones and computers is facing major opposition from the music industry.
Announced on Tuesday, Amazon's Cloud Drive and Cloud Player allow customers to store approximately 1,000 songs on the company's servers for free. The music can then be played over an internet connection directly to web browers and handsets running Google's Android software.
According to a story over Rueters, several record labels, including Sony Music, said they were very upset by Amazon's decision to launch the new service without a license for music streaming. Multiple labels even insinuated that that without the new license, the music service was competely illegal.
In fact, one executive from Sony Music called the move by Amazon "stunning" and noted that legal action might be needed to stop the service.
While there have been no indications as of yet legal action will be taken, Amazon's music service could eventually be shut down. However, until then, stream away friends.
