Vinyl record fans don't have to rip their own digital recordings any more. Amazon today announced AutoRip for Vinyl Records, which gives customers who have purchased vinyl records from the company since 1998 a free MP3 version of those albums. This expands on the AutoRip CD program announced in January, 2013.
At this point, Amazon notes that "thousands of records, including titles from every major record label" are available for AutoRip and more are being added all the time. To determine if a record is available in MP3 format, customers just need to look for the AutoRip logo -- those little blue and green arrows seen above -- when buying CDs or vinyl.
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