"The indie iTunes — Hardcore music fans are migrating to eMusic, the iTunes Music Store's cheaper, cooler cousin."
"A major difference between eMusic's service and other online music stores is that the tracks are delivered in the unprotected MP3 format, which means... that the songs will play on all portable music players, including the Apple iPod®"
"it's striking how different eMusic remains from competing music stores. And with almost every difference the service manages to improve on the way competing stores like Musicmatch Downloads and Napster 2 work"
"With a different approach than many of its rivals, eMusic could help shake up a digital music market that is increasingly crowded with large companies offering similar products"
"For music lovers whose tastes are decidedly not mainstream... Songs are unprotected MP3s, encoded at a variable bit rate for highest quality, meaning that you can do with that what you wish."
"Emusic is the only major online music store that offers songs in pure mp3 format, with no restrictions on how many times they can be copied, burned or transferred. While the songs at other Web stores can be played only on a portable player that supports Windows Media, songs from eMusic can be stored on almost any portable."

