Does Big Music have its head in the cloud(s)?

Amazon’s move into the cloud music storage and streaming game is nothing if not controversial. Apple and Google have been promising this service for months, if not years.
The labels are trying to figure out what action to take — if any — against Amazon for doing this without their permission. Of these, Sony seems the most annoyed and likely to act. The labels have done a great job over the years negotiating comical terms of usage that you agree to without even realizing it. And that may include the ability to store your music on a remote server and stream it. Read more: http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/30/amazon-cloud-music/
If the record labels don’t come to a licensing agreement with Amazon soon, they will either be forced to take legal action or implicitly allow other music companies to ditch cloud licenses too.
With Amazon’s Cloud Drive and Cloud Player, U.S. customers can get free online storage from Amazon to use for whatever they please. Once the music is copied to the remote drive, users can then use the Cloud Player Android or Web app to stream the music to any compatible device or browser.
Read more: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/04/music-industry-cloud-player/