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Amazon, Rockstar Sell MP3s in 'Stolen' Cars — Via GTA IV


Here's the tune from that
one time I blew up a chopper.

Rockstar Games and Amazon are setting foundations for a new way to sell music: inside console-based games like Grand Theft Auto IV, which debuts at April's end.

When players hear an appealing song in a car they've stolen within GTA IV, they can earmark the MP3 by dialing ZIT-555-0100 from an in-game mobile phone, reports Yahoo Games.

Those registered with the Rockstar Games Social Club will get an email with a custom Amazon playlist of all songs they've marked with their in-game phone.

Users must log on to Amazon to purchase the tracks.

MTV Games' Rock Band also allows players to download music. In three months, users downloaded over 6 million songs at roughly $2 each.

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