Jari Ketola
23 May 2004 13:30
The peer-to-peer service turned music store Napster launched its service in the United Kingdom on Thursday. Roxio, the owner of Napster, had earlier announced that the launch would take place by the end of summer.
Songs for the UK consumers are priced at £1.09 ($1.95) each or £9.95 ($17.82) per album. For a monthly subscription fee of £9.95 users can listen to an unlimited number of songs at up to three different PCs. Burning the songs on a CD or transferring them on a portable device, costs £0.99 ($1.77) per song, or £9.95 per album. A ten percent discount is offered to subscribers purchasing multiple tracks simultaneously.
Currently Napster has over 500,000 tracks in its selection. The service also offers, for instane, the Official UK Charts archive organised by genre, year and season.
Napster is offering a free, seven day trial period. You can register for the trial period until May 27th.
Roxio managed to beat Apple's iTunes to the UK market. It would be pretty safe to bet on Apple hastening its entrance to the Old Continent.
Source: NewsFactor