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No new Aussie subscribers for eMusic

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Music download service eMusic no longer accepts new Australian subscribers.

It's not just Australian users who have been restricted; it extends to customers living outside Europe, the US and Canada. Current Australian active users are not affected, and in a statement to CNET Australia, eMusic said that it will continue to charge US plan prices "with track availability subject to licensing terms for the territory of residence, just as they are today".

eMusic boasts an expansive catalogue of music from artists on major and independent labels, offering monthly subscriptions at a variety of price levels.


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Monty posted a comment   

tandpcooper@bigpond.com

I have been a member of eMUSIC for a long while and made my basic albuns from your site, am I considered still a member on this my new computer ?
Thomas Cooper

 

Kuhl posted a comment   

I care. Bandit.Fm is no Emusic. I've bought hundreds of albums on Emusic in the past, and almost none of them are on Bandit. Not even the more mainstream indie stuff. Emusic gave me the chance to collect tons of music that is fairly rare on hard copy format and therefore too expensive to collect on CD. Bandit.FM has stuff I can easily find on CD for much cheaper than their prices. Emusic has its faults, but its range and prices are far better than most services.

I'm pretty upset to no longer have the option to use Emusic. And I technically should have continued to be a subscriber through their period of change, but they screwed up. I've pretty much begged them to let me back in on this technicality but they say their hands are tied. Very disappointing.

I have found some good stuff on Amie St, but they don't have the same range. And much of it isn't available in our region. I hope Emusic comes to their senses and lets us back in! I really don't understand why they can't, if they still allow old subscribers to use it. How can their licensing restrictions possibly allow for one and not the other? :S

 

GregoryO posted a comment   
Australia

Who cares - Sony offers a fantastic, MULTI-LABEL alternative SPECIFICALLY for Australians
http://www.bandit.fm

The music is DRM (copyright)-free, it's better quality than that offered by Apple's iTunes Store and best of all, it's in MP3 format, meaning that it's compatible with just about every device you can name!




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