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DIGITAL MUSIC LINKS
DIGITAL MUSIC PLAYER SOFTWARE • FILE SHARING SOFTWARE
DIGITAL MUSIC SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES • DIGITAL MUSIC STORES
DIGITAL MUSIC PLAYER
SOFTWARE
These free players can be used to listen to CDs, MP3
files, and various other audio file formats.
Certain players are also
required to hear music streamed from music subscription services.
Windows Media Player
I
Tunes
Music Match Jukebox from Yahoo!
Real Player
PEER-TO-PEER (P2P) FILE SHARING SOFTWARE
This software enables users to access the global Gnutella
network and share files.
The World Future Fund does not in any way
endorse the use of any of these services for any activity that might lead
to the violation of legal copyrights
File Sharing Software Reviews
Kazaa
Grokster
Lime Wire
E
Donkey
Soulseek
AllShareaza.com
Morpheus
WinMX
BIT TORRENT
The latest innovation in file sharing software is Bit
Torrent,
which enables huge files be downloaded far faster
via multiple streams.
Bit
Torrent
Azureus Java BitTorrent Client
Bit Torrent Search Engines
The
Pirate Bay
TorrentSpy.com
DIGITAL MUSIC SUBSCRIPTION
SERVICES
Yahoo! Music Unlimited Beta
This unlimited download
service is available for $4.99 per month or $59.88 for an entire
year.
Subscription downloads can be stored in most compatible portable
music players, except the Apple iPod.
Subscription downloads
cannot be burned onto a CD. Subscribers can purchase
burnable downloads for $0.79 apiece.
These downloads can be
burned onto a CD. Subscribers must have Microsoft Windows XP or 2000
software in order to use the Yahoo! Music Engine for downloads.
Music Match on Demand
Recently purchased by Yahoo!,
Music Match on Demand is an unlimited download service available for $4.99
per month
(after a free 7-day trial period) or $59.88 per year.
Subscription downloads can be stored in most compatible portable music
players, except the Apple iPod. Music Match On Demand uses the Music Match
Jukebox. The latest version (Music Match Jukebox 10) requires Windows
XP. Users running older Windows operating systems can still download
Jukebox 9. The Music Match Jukebox is not compatible with the Apple
operating system.
Real Rhapsody
Download the Real Rhapsody player
software for free and get a free 14-day trial. A subscription price of
$14.99 per month for the next three months begins at end of the trial
period. Buying a subscription enables the unlimited download of
songs to your PC from Rhapsody's database. Songs can then be downloaded to
most portable music players (except the Apple iPod). Owners of portable
music players may also subscribe to Rhapsody-To-Go. Rhapsody-To-Go enables subscribers
to download and use the Rhapsody software on their portable music players.
Rhapsody only works with the following operating systems: Windows XP,
Me, 2000 or 98 SE.
Napster
Using Napster requires downloading the
Napster software and paying a subscription price of $9.95 per month. A
Napster subscription buys unlimited downloads of songs to your PC
only. Subscribers who want to load songs onto a portable player can
purchase individual songs via Napster Light for $0.99 apiece. This price
is in addition to the $9.95 subscription fee per month. Subscribers
who want to load an unlimited number of songs onto their portable players
must subscribe to Napster To Go for
$14.95 per month. A Napster To Go
subscription has all of the benefits of a regular Napster subscription in
addition to allowing the unlimited transfer of songs to a portable player.
Subscribers to Napster to Go can currently get three months free.
Subscribers to all Napster services get access to 50+ channels of Napster
Radio.
Music downloads from Napster are compatible with most
portable music players, but not Apple iPod. The Napster software is
only compatible with Windows XP/2000.
Users must also be running Internet Explorer 5.1 or higher and
Windows Media Player 7.1 or higher.
DIGITAL MUSIC STORES
iTunes
Songs can be bought individually for $0.99
apiece. Songs downloaded from iTunes can only be played on an Apple
iPod or on computers, including PCs, which have the iTunes
software.
Yahoo! Music Unlimited Beta or Yahoo! Music
Engine
There are two ways to purchase burnable music online using
Yahoo! The first is via the Yahoo! Music Unlimited Beta subscription
service.
This unlimited download service is available for a $4.99 per
month or $59.88 for an entire year.
Subscription downloads can be
stored in most compatible portable music players, except the Apple
iPod. They cannot be burned onto a CD.
Subscribers can purchase
burnable downloads for $0.79 apiece. These downloads can be burned
onto a CD.
The second way to purchase music is with the Yahoo! Music
Engine. Download the free engine and buy songs for $0.99
apiece
Songs purchased via the Yahoo! Music Engine can be burned
onto a CD or stored in most portable music players, except Apple
iPod.
Subscribers must have Microsoft Windows XP or 2000
software in order to use the Yahoo! Music for downloads.
Music Match Music Store
Music Match was recently
purchased by Yahoo! Download the free Jukebox 10 player and purchase songs
for $0.99 apiece.
Entire CDs can be purchased and downloaded for $9.99.
Downloaded songs can be burned onto CD or loaded onto most compatible
audio file players, except the Apple iPod. The latest version of the
Music Match Player (Jukebox 10) requires Windows XP.
Those running
older Windows operating systems can download Jukebox 9. Music Match
Jukebox is not compatible with the Apple operating system.
Real Music Store
Individual songs can be purchased
and downloaded for $0.99 apiece. Entire CDs can be downloaded for $9.99.
Purchase of songs requires download of the free Real Player 10. The Real
Player is compatible with most newer Mac and PC operating systems.
Purchased songs/CDs can be burned onto CD or loaded onto compatible
music file players, including the Apple iPod. Real Player.
MSN
Music
Songs are available for purchase for $0.99 apiece. Buyers are
required to download the Microsoft Music Assistant software to download
the music. Purchased music downloads are compatible with most portable
music players, but not Apple iPod.
Napster
The digital
music store at Napster is called Napster Light. Napster light is a store
linked to Napster's subscription service. Access to Napster Light
requires downloading the Napster software and subscribing to Napster for
the normal monthly price of $9.95. Songs can then be purchased from
Napster Light and downloaded for $0.99 apiece, entire CDs from $6.95
apiece. Music purchased and downloaded via Napster Light is compatible
with most portable music players, but not Apple iPod. Music downloads
from Napster are compatible with most portable music players, but not
Apple iPod. The Napster software is only compatible with Windows XP/2000. Users must also be running
Internet Explorer 5.1 or higher and Windows Media Player 7.1 or
higher.
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