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Yahoo! offers two billing options: $8.99 monthly, or $71.88 billed annually (calculated to $5.99 per month). To transfer downloaded music to a compatible portable music player, an additional $6 per month is added to both plans. |
Yahoo! offers two billing options: $8.99 monthly, or $71.88 billed annually (calculated to $5.99 per month). To transfer downloaded music to a compatible portable music player, an additional $6 per month is added to both plans. The subscription services are only available for users living in the [[USA]] or [[Canada]] and require a credit card (no other billing method being accepted). |
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Before November 1, 2005, the To Go feature was included at no extra charge. However, experts believe that this was done in order for Yahoo! to promote their service. |
Before November 1, 2005, the To Go feature was included at no extra charge. However, experts believe that this was done in order for Yahoo! to promote their service. |
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Revision as of 16:59, 11 September 2007
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Launched on May 11, 2005, Yahoo! Music Unlimited is an on-demand online music service provided by Yahoo! Music. Users paying a fee can access a library of over two million songs and, at an extra cost, add a "To Go" feature which allows the transfer of downloaded songs to a compatible digital audio player.
Billing
Yahoo! offers two billing options: $8.99 monthly, or $71.88 billed annually (calculated to $5.99 per month). To transfer downloaded music to a compatible portable music player, an additional $6 per month is added to both plans. The subscription services are only available for users living in the USA or Canada and require a credit card (no other billing method being accepted).
Before November 1, 2005, the To Go feature was included at no extra charge. However, experts believe that this was done in order for Yahoo! to promote their service.
Features
Users who subscribe to Yahoo! Music Unlimited are able to stream and download an unlimited number of music tracks, but Janus DRM (digital rights management) technology prevents these tracks from being accessed once a user's subscription is discontinued or expires. Thus, if a user wishes to download and own a music track, they must pay an additional fee. Still, however, digital rights management prevents a user from freely distributing these tracks.
Users living outside the USA or Canada can still download the player and enjoy the features of the Yahoo! Music Engine, a software product that basically functions as a music collection organizer in a similar fashion to that of iTunes.
Yahoo! tech support has reported that Windows Media Audio codec, similar to MP3, is used at 192 kbit/s for all songs. This is a high-quality encoding and without high-end playback equipment, nearly indistinguishable from CD.
Similar Services
Napster To Go and Rhapsody Unlimited, provided by Napster and RealNetworks respectively, are both similar to Yahoo! Music Unlimited. Subscription fees to these services are slightly higher. Yahoo also offers Musicmatch On Demand, a streaming music subscription service available through the Musicmatch Jukebox client. Effective, August 31, 2007, Musicmatch Jukebox will shut down. Musicmatch is offering a temporarily free migration to Yahoo Music Unlimited. [1]
Regions
The service is currently only available in the United States and Canada. However there is a future possibility of the service rolling out to the UK and the rest of Europe in the near future.
See also
External links
- Yahoo! Music Unlimited
- List of devices compatible with Yahoo! Music Unlimited To Go
- Yahoo! Music Unlimited Reviewed
- Yahoo Music Unlimited Developer Ian Rogers Discusses The Service
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