It's Finally happened: Amazon has introduced its AutoRip service giving free MP3s with CDs and traditional vinyl music bought on Amazon.co.uk.
As a special present for music lovers the internet giant will automatically add MP3 versions of any music bought since 1999 - anytime in the past 14 years. AutoRip launched in the US about three months ago and its arrival in Europe has been hotly anticipated.
The service will allow customers to play the track straight from the Amazon Cloud Player or download them to their PCs or mobiles. The only snag is that the service only applies to products with the AutoRip tag (but we think this covers most things) and that your cloud player might get full pretty quickly at which point you might need to pay for additional space in the cloud.
Either way, it takes the sting out of buying a hard copy CD or your favourite vinyl and then having to wait until the finished product arrives and download it. It's there waiting instantly at 256 Kbps.
Music from the Cloud Player can obviously be played on most devices: PCs, or indeed any web browser, Kindle Fire, Android phones or tablets, iPhones, iPads etc.
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