Amazon is planning to open its online music service without any copy protection. The British paper claims that Amazon has approached all the music majors in order to launch its MP3 store in May to give direct competition to Apple’s iTunes. Amazon is in hurry to launch its DRM free music service on its retail store because at the same time, Apple is planning to start selling DRM free music from EMI in May through its music store. Amazon has partnered with Universal Music Group to sell unprotected music, mostly in the form of classical tracks. Universal Music Group is holding top position among all music labels. According to Reuters, if Universal goes for DRM free music then everyone has to follow. Even if Amazon will manage to sell its DRM free music service with Universal, still Amazon has competition with Apple. If it will become true, the Amazon direct download store will become second major online store to offer unprotected music compatible with both the iTunes jukebox and the iPod. Amazon has already entered into the online media business by unveiling its Unbox video store, which sells movies and TV shows in a DRM-laden Windows Media format. Image Credit: SUN Via: Ars Technica