In yet another step away from the digital-rights-management ties that bind, Warner Music inked a deal with Amazon.com on Thursday to sell songs and albums without copyright protections.

DRM-free music downloads from Warner Music Group are now available on Amazon MP3, Amazon’s digital music store.

Warner Music Group is home to a collection of some of the best-known record labels in the music industry, including Asylum, Atlantic, poor Boy, Cordless, East West, Elektra, Lava, Nonesuch, Reprise, Rhino, Roadrunner, Rykodisc, Sire, and Warner Bros.

Targeting iTunes

Amazon MP3’s rare value proposition is that every song and album is playable on virtually any device capable of playing digital music.

Amazon targets Apple iTunes’ sore spot. Most of the digital music on iTunes only works on iPods or in the iTunes software. However, a recent deal within EMI and Apple has opened up a portion of iTunes to DRM-free digital tracks.

Bill Carr, Amazon.com vice president of digital music, said

consumers have responded well to Amazon’s DRM-free MP3 service. Since the September launch, he reported, Amazon has received thousands of “thank you” e-mails from customers for offering MP3 downloads that play on any device.

Amazon officially offers the largest selection of a la carte DRM-free MP3 music downloads with more than 2.9 million songs.

Most songs available on Amazon MP3 are priced from 89 cents to 99 cents, with more than one million of the by 2.9 million songs priced at 89 cents.

The top 100 best-selling songs are usually 89 cents. Most albums are priced from $5.99 to $9.99, with the top 100 best-selling albums typically priced at $8.99 or less.

Bundling Bonus Tracks

In addition to Warner Music Group’s digital audio catalog, Amazon and Warner are working to compose available additional digital music products, such as album bundles containing exclusive tracks. The companies did not announce a timeline…

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