eMusic comes to Canada

From Macworld
Independent music download service eMusic has announced its launch in Canada.

eMusic doesn’t encrypt its music files with any sort of digital rights management (DRM) technology — they’re all available in MP3 format, and work equally well on the Mac and the iPod.

The company has differentiated itself from catalogs on the iTunes Store and Amazon.com’s MP3 store by focusing specifically on independent music, which eMusic says appeals more to an older audience. To that end, they also incorporate editorial content, columns, genre-specific newsletters, and the ability to view playlists and “neighbors” and “fans” to get ideas of new music to listen to.

eMusic has been selling tracks online since 1998; the company claims to be second to the iTunes Store in terms of number of downloads sold. eMusic reports having sold more than 200 million music downloads since November, 2003.

Canadian service to eMusic is priced at CDN$11.99 per month for the Basic rate (30 downloads), $17.99 for the Plus package (50 downloads) and $23.99 for Premium ($23.99). Audio books are priced at CDN$11.99 for one or $22.99 for two.

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