Posted by G.T. on 01/01/06 21:35

Michelle Steiner wrote:
> In article <11rge55evngjudc@corp.supernews.com>,
> "G.T." <getnews1@dslextreme.com> wrote:
>
>
>>That's unfortunate because there are some labels that are on both
>>eMusic and iTunes, and the eMusic versions are unencumbered and 1/4
>>the price.
>
>
> eMusic charges a monthly subscription for a limited number of downloads
> a month. The limit depends on the price you pay. Lowest is 40 songs
> for ten bucks; highest is 90 songs for twenty bucks.

That's 25 cents a track or less.

> So, the price per
> song depends on how many you download in a month. If you sign up for
> the ten bucks a month plan, and download all 40 songs, it's twenty-five
> cents a song (the $20 plan comes to 22¢ a song), but if you download
> only one song, it will cost you ten dollars just for that song.

So you only have to download 15 or so songs a month and you're paying
less than iTMS for UNENCUMBERED, HIGHER BITRATE songs.

>
> Further, with iTunes, downloading an entire album often costs less, but
> never more, than downloading all its songs individually.
>

I can download 2 or 3 albums a month on eMusic for the price of one on
iTMS. And the quality is better and I can play them on any device that
plays MP3s.

Greg
--
"All my time I spent in heaven
Revelries of dance and wine
Waking to the sound of laughter
Up I'd rise and kiss the sky" - The Mekons

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