Napster To Take On iTunes 

Napster To Take On iTunes

Napster today launched it's new music subcription service called Napster To Go. It differs from other subscription-based services in that Napster To Go allows the service to be portable. That is the music you subscribed to is no longer confined to the PC. Every downloaded track can be transfered to a compatible portable player without having to pay extra for the transfer. This is made possible with Microsoft's Windows Media technology with DRM. Each music file is encrypted and encoded with the subscription information. Once the subscription expires (i.e. you stop paying) the player would refuse to play the file thus fulfilling the 'subscription-based' model.

A number of MP3 players should support this technology. There's iRiver, Creative Technology, Gateway and Dell. to name a few. More should be expected as the device makers try to gnaw away some of Apple's share in the portable music player market.

Would you pay 99 cents and own the music or have as many as u want for a fixed month fee? I wonder...

For now I'm just happy listening to free indie music from music.download.com

BTW monthly fee for Napster To Go is US$15.

Official Napster website: www.napster.com

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