

The Spanish and Italian editions were launched on October 4, 2012. The Amazon MP3 store was launched in Japan on November 10, 2010.

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The German edition has been available in Austria and Switzerland since December 3, 2009. Licensing agreements with recording companies restrict the countries in which the music can be sold.After the United States, Amazon MP3 was launched in the United Kingdom on December 3, 2008, in Germany on April 1, 2009, and in France on June 10, 2009. All tracks were originally sold in 256 kilobits-per-second variable bitrate MP3 format without per-customer watermarking or DRM however, some tracks are now watermarked. Launched in public beta on September 25, 2007, in January 2008 it became the first music store to sell music without digital rights management (DRM) from the four major music labels (EMI, Universal, Warner, and Sony BMG), as well as many independents. Amazon Music (previously Amazon MP3) is a music streaming platform and online music store operated by Amazon.
