Amazon MP3 Store Could Go Global Soon

Today, the States—tomorrow, the world! Well, maybe not quite yet. But Engadget is reporting that executive’s from Amazon’s MP3 store were in London last week to “thrash out details of the launch with British record company bosses.”

Two factors are complicating the Amazon MP3 Store’s global ambitions. The first is the issue of DRM, according to the report—there’s no guarantee what other countries will make of Amazon’s total lack of copy protection, blessed as it is for American consumers that want to be able to buy a song and legally play the thing on their cell phones.

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