A spokeswoman for Amazon would not comment on licensing negotiations, but said: "We remain focused on making Cloud Drive and Cloud Player the very best for customers and have been exploring ways to add even more value to the services".
Earlier today, we covered Amazon ramping up its Cloud Drive and Cloud Player offerings, throwing in unlimited storage for music.
In other words, put all eyes squarely on the record labels' legal response to the debut of Amazon's Cloud Drive and Cloud Player.
At the time of release, both the Cloud Drive and the Cloud Player were only available on the Web and Android.
It beat similar efforts by Google and Apple to market, but because Amazon did not have licenses from the labels, Cloud Drive — and its related Cloud Player — had significant restrictions.
Bezos is also moving into video on demand (Amazon Prime, LoveFilm), music streaming (Cloud Player) and digital storage (Cloud Drive).
Last July, Amazon separated its Cloud Player service from its Cloud Drive storage product, which are best understood as Amazon's alternatives to Google Music and Google Drive, respectively.
Existing Cloud Drive users, Amazon says, will receive an upgrade to Cloud Player Premium for the remaining term of their current Cloud Drive storage plan.
It also used to offer Amazon Cloud Player, a free app for streaming your music hosted on its Cloud Drive service.
Ford mentioned The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Kaliki, Amazon Cloud Player and Rhapsody.
There's no Cloud Player app for the iPhone, iPod or iPad — only Android phones.
