Amazon MP3 Store

Amazon, the popular online shop, has recently launched its mp3 download store. As the name suggests songs can be downloaded in mp3 format, with every song encoded at 256 kb/s. Thus the songs can be played on any platform, and on any player, including the iPod and Zune.

As if this wasn't awesome enough, the songs are priced from 89 to 99 cents, and albums range from just $5.99 to $9.99. Is the music industry finally waking up and noticing that people do not like to be enslaved by DRM?  I guess the only bad news is that currently there are no plans to extend the shop to Europe.