eMusic is the No.2 legal music service. Recently it has decides to charge more for music downloads from the site. prices will remain the same, but the number of allowed downloads will decrease.
eMusic operates on a subscription model, but it’s not the sort of subscription offered by Rhapsody or Napster. Instead, users pay a monthly fee and get to download a set number of tracks. If they do not use their downloads each month, they lose them. eMusic’s current prices provide 90 tracks for $19.99 along with several less expensive service tiers. Starting November 21, that same $19.99 will get you only 75 downloads.
The reason given for the price increase by the company is that company has a plan for some time and better reflects our value to our customers as we strive to offer music fans the best digital music service possible.
The previous price were developed in 2003 when this service had only limited tracks and the number has increased since then to two million tracks. Many more additional features also have been added.
With this step eMusic will become the first major players to raise prices on its music. Though the prices are still low as compared to the iTunes but surely the company will loose plenty of customers as no one would appreciate increased prices.
Via: arstechnica
