There's a cool new song on the radio called Apologize by One Republic. So I thought about Amazon's new digital download music store that I read about in the news. I visited Amazon.com last night (Thursday) and quickly found the song. It was an easy purchase. Just click "Download mp3," accept the terms, and the song was mine, free of digital rights management.
I was wondering when I would be asked to pay for my 89 cent purchase. Even after I downloaded the file, there was no mention of payment. I figured they may have charged my card on file with them (without really mentioning it). A visit to My Account purchase history and I found the transaction in the Digital Downloads category. Yup, it went to my Amex card. Smooth transaction; a bit mysterious, though.
Although I could have found the song for free on the Internet, I wanted to buy it legitimately. For 89 cents, it's not bad at all. After all, people should get compensated for their hard work. (That goes for software developers too!)
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