Yahoo to get into the on-line music game

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Yahoo is releasing a test version of Yahoo Music Unlimited, a subscription service that lets users listen to any of the 1 million songs in its library. Subscribers can pay $6.99 each month or pay for an entire year of service up front to lower the rate to $4.99 per month ($60 a year).

In effect, subscribers rent the songs but would not own them permanently. However, Yahoo will also sell downloadable songs that subscribers can own for 79 cents per track.

― BeeOK (boo radley), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 21:47 (twenty-one years ago)

So I can open up this program, record the songs into Pro Tools, and that's that?

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 21:52 (twenty-one years ago)

not compatible with ipods, so, useless

― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 22:27 (twenty-one years ago)

not compatible with ipods, so, useless

The Yahoo Music Engine, which is compatible only with computers running Microsoft's Windows operating system, will work with Apple's popular iPod. However, the program can't transfer songs purchased from the iTunes Music Store to an iPod.

― BeeOK (boo radley), Wednesday, 11 May 2005 22:36 (twenty-one years ago)

I think they are too late to the game. No cross platform also.

― A homunculus of Darby Crash, .... created for the purposes of *EVIL* (ex machina, Wednesday, 11 May 2005 23:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Hasn't the subscription game just started? How could they be late?

― Schoolgirl Report, Thursday, 12 May 2005 00:14 (twenty-one years ago)

I think this is going to be a total flop. Actually I'm skeptical about the subscription thing lasting at all.

― Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 12 May 2005 01:08 (twenty-one years ago)

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