eMusic is the world’s #1 site for independent music, with a library of over 1.5 Million MP3s from more than 90,000 albums.

• eMusic sets itself apart from other services by offering MP3s FREE from copy protection. This means that you truly own the music you download.
  
• The MP3’s play on any portable music player (including the iPod), can be downloaded to unlimited computers and allow for unlimited CD burning. The other digital music services either charge extra or do not offer the flexibility eMusic provides to their customers.
  
• As a new customer to eMusic you can download up to 25 MP3s over 14 days FREE of charge. That’s $25 worth of free music, and it’s yours to keep!
• eMusic is an international site, which means that any customer from any country throughout the world can subscribe and download from eMusic.

Apple's iTunes is the world’s best digital jukebox software with the #1 music download store inside.

• iTunes jukebox lets you enjoy all sorts of sounds, from podcasts of your favorite radio shows to new music to bestselling audiobooks. You can buy and download songs and albums, make playlists, burn CDs, discover music, share musical tastes and more! Importing your existing music is merely a matter of inserting a CD.
• iTunes Music Store offers the largest and most diverse legal download catalog - Search more than 2 million songs, 15,000 podcasts and 11,000 audiobooks instantly, then refine your results using the new Search Bar.

To date, iTunes has sold over 150 million songs, providing music fans with the best digital music experience on PC or Mac.

RealPlayer Music Store is a download-based music purchase program. No monthly fee. Users pay a per-song charge to download music. RealPlayer Music Store is an integral part of RealPlayer. RealPlayer Music Store music and account information can be accessed only through RealPlayer.

• Once the music is downloaded, the user owns it. Purchased music never "expires" and is always accessible until the user moves or deletes it.
• Purchased music resides on user's computer.
• User does not have to be connected to the Internet to access purchased music once it has been downloaded.
• Users can use content on a maximum of 3 computers at a time.
• Purchased music can be burned to CD or transferred to supported portable devices an unlimited number of times* without an additional fee.
• Purchased music is in secure RealAudio (.rax) format.

* Individual purchased tracks can be burned an unlimited number of times using the Burn/Transfer section of RealPlayer. Playlists containing purchased tracks can be burned a maximum of 5 times without being modified. To burn a playlist more than 5 times, modify it by adding or deleting a track.

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Music downloads sold on Walmart.com are WMA-format files protected by Digital Rights Management (DRM) encryption. Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 is able to play, burn and transfer WMA files protected by DRM encryption.

Yahoo! Music Unlimited gives you access to over 1 million songs for just $4.99/mo. Discover new music and share music with other members through Yahoo! Messenger. Transfer music to portable devices. Buy discounted music downloads to burn to CD. Access your music from any PC online. Enjoy over 150+ commercial-free radio stations.
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RealRhapsody is a subscription-based music streaming service offered by RealNetworks. Subscribers "rent" music, meaning they pay a monthly fee to stream an unlimited number of music files. Once the subscription ends, access to streaming music ends.

• Streamed music resides on the RealRhapsody server for access when the subscriber signs in.
• Subscriber must be connected to the Internet whenever they want to access streaming music service. There is no limit to the number of computers the service can be accessed on.
• Streamed music can be burned to CD for an additional fee, but not transferred to portable devices.
• Streamed music is in Windows Media format.