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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of online music stores. Please see the individual articles for each store for further information. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date.

Site Catalog Selection Geographic Restrictions Pricing (price/audio in USD) Platform Format DRM Preview Trial Other
AllofMp3 ? General music None ~0.03/Mb of song Platform Independent MP3, FLAC, OGG, AAC, WAV, WMA, MPC, APE, OFT No ? ?
Audible.com >35,000 titles Audiobooks ? By book or monthly/yearly subscription; 14.95/1 a mo, 22.95/2 a mo, 229.50/24 year Platform independent 4 quality levels .aa Yes Can't convert to mp3, can burn to CD once ~10 minutes per sample One month Includes magazine subscriptions
Audio Lunchbox >1,000,000 songs General music Need valid US credit card [1] 0.99/song flat or priced by credits; monthly subscription plans 40 credits mo/9.99, 125 credits mo/24.99; yearly subscription plans [2] Platform independent [1] 192 kbps VBR MP3 [1] No 30 seconds None. 50 free credits upon subscription
Bleep.com ? Electronic and indie-rock music None 1.35/song; 9.99/album Platform independent 320 kbps VBR MP3, FLAC No Entire song in 30 second intervals None
Emusic >2,000,000 songs, >13,000 labels, >19500 albums, >100,000 artists Independent/General music None Monthly subscription; 9.99/30 songs a mo, 14.99/50 songs a mo, 19.99/75 songs a mo [3] Windows 98 or later; linux; Mac OS 9/X [4] 192 kbps VBR MP3 [4] 25 free downloads 30 seconds Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). No 30 seconds None
Itunes >3,500,000 songs General music ? 0.99/song usually 9.99/album [5]; varies by country Mac OS X; Windows 2000 & XP 128 kbps AAC Yes, FairPlay 30 seconds None Podcasting; charts; videos; movie trailers
Magnatune 240 artists, 525 albums, 7507 songs [6] Hand-picked music [7] None [8] User chooses; $5-18 album [9] Platform Independent 44k/16 bit WAV, FLAC, OGG, AAC, VBR MP3, 128 kbps MP3 [10] No Entire song [11] None 128 kbps MP3 licensed under the CC-SA-NC license [12]
Musicmatch >1,000,000 song [13] General Music ? subscription[14] 5.99 a mo [13]; 0.99/song to download [13] Windows XP or above, IE 6.0 or above, MusicMatch JukeBox 160 kbps WMA Yes, PlaysForSure [13] 30 seconds 7 days Yahoo Music store, Streaming Radio
Napster >3,000,000 songs [15] General Music United States, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom [15] monthly subscription [14] 9.95, untethered 14.95 [16] Windows 2000 or higher; IE 5.1 or above to subscribe; needs Windows Media Player 9 or above to transfer to portable music players [17] 128/192 kbps WMA [16] Yes, PlaysForSure Entire song 3x [15] 7 days
Rhapsody >95,000 albums; >65,000 artists; >1,100,000 songs General music United States [18] subscription [14] 9.99 per month (unlimited); non-tethered at 14.99; 0.99/song, 0.79 if subscribing [19] Windows 98 or later, Mac OS X, linux [18] 128/160/192 kbps (depending on subscription) WMA Yes, PlaysForSure [19] 30 seconds 25 Free streams a mo [19]
Sony Connect ? General Music ? ? Windows 2000 or above, IE 6.0 or above [20] ATRAC Yes OpenMG ? ? free PlayStation Portable video downloads
Urge >2,000,000 songs General music United States [21] subscription [14] 9.99 per mo (unlimited); non-tethered at 14.99; 0.99 a track [21] Windows XP or above [21] WMA [21] Yes, PlaysForSure ? 14 days [21]
Zune Marketplace >2,000,000 songs General music United States[22] subscription[14] 14.99 a mo or ~0.99/song Windows XP or higher [23] WMA Yes, (not PlaysForSure) 30 seconds None.

References and Notes

  1. ^ a b c "Audio Lunchbox Help". Retrieved 2007-03-13.
  2. ^ "Audio Lunchbox Registration". Retrieved 2007-03-13.
  3. ^ "Emusic FAQ". Retrieved 2007-03-13.
  4. ^ a b "Emusic Technical Help". Retrieved 2007-03-13.
  5. ^ "Itunes Music Store". Retrieved 2007-03-13.
  6. ^ "Magnatune Stats". Retrieved 2007-03-13.
  7. ^ "Magnatune Stats". Retrieved 2007-03-13.
  8. ^ "International: can I buy music from Magnatune if I live outside the USA?". Retrieved 2007-03-13.
  9. ^ "The Business Model". Retrieved 2007-03-13.
  10. ^ "Download Example". Retrieved 2007-03-13.
  11. ^ "Why we are Not Evil!". Retrieved 2007-03-13.
  12. ^ "Open Music". Retrieved 2007-03-13.
  13. ^ a b c d "Musicmatch Jukebox". Retrieved 2007-03-13. Cite error: The named reference "Musicmatch" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  14. ^ a b c d e Music expires and doesn't work when subscription ends unless the song is bought individually.
  15. ^ a b c "Napster FAQ". Retrieved 2007-03-13.
  16. ^ a b "Subscribe to Napster". Retrieved 2007-03-13.
  17. ^ "Compatible Devices". Retrieved 2007-03-13.
  18. ^ a b "Rhapsody Online Help". Retrieved 2007-03-13.
  19. ^ a b c "Rhapsody FAQ". Retrieved 2007-03-13.
  20. ^ "Experience CONNECT Music". Retrieved 2007-03-13.
  21. ^ a b c d e "URGE FAQ". Retrieved 2007-03-13.
  22. ^ "Zune FAQs:Sign Up". Retrieved 2007-03-13.
  23. ^ "Zune Software Release Notes". Retrieved 2007-03-13.
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