Where Apple leads, others quickly follow: online music company Musicmatch today said its PC-only song download service now encompasses 99c transfers coupled with relaxed usage rules.
Musicmatch's take on the iTunes Music Store concept was first announced in July. The scheme will see a range of songs offered for a one-off payment. Songs can be played on up to three PCs and can be copied to WMA 9-compatibled music players. Songs can be burned to CDs, but the same playlist can only be burned up to five times - Apple's puts the limit at ten burns.
Musicmatch isn't the first PC-oriented music reseller to offer such a service - BuyMusic.com already do so. And Napster and Dell will do so by Christmas. Apples should havfe brought iTunes to the PC by then, too. However, Musicmatch's pitch is that it has broader label support than the other two. While the majors are signed up to multiple providers, Musicmatch claims to offer over 30 independent labels' catalogue than its rivals.
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Musicmatch's take on the iTunes Music Store concept was first announced in July. The scheme will see a range of songs offered for a one-off payment. Songs can be played on up to three PCs and can be copied to WMA 9-compatibled music players. Songs can be burned to CDs, but the same playlist can only be burned up to five times - Apple's puts the limit at ten burns.
Musicmatch isn't the first PC-oriented music reseller to offer such a service - BuyMusic.com already do so. And Napster and Dell will do so by Christmas. Apples should havfe brought iTunes to the PC by then, too. However, Musicmatch's pitch is that it has broader label support than the other two. While the majors are signed up to multiple providers, Musicmatch claims to offer over 30 independent labels' catalogue than its rivals.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/33096.html