"Napster To Go" - Comments by Chris Gorog... plans in the works by MusicNet, MusicNow and RealNetworks Rhapsody...

A portable version of Napster Inc. music subscription
service called "Napster to Go" was unveiled today.
Napster's chief executive, Chris Gorog said the "Napster
to Go" is their way of hoping to show consumers that
the pay-for-download services are "antiquated" and
more expensive than their Napster subscription
service charge of $14.95 per month - allowing the
member to download an unlimited number of songs
which could easily be played on any compatible
MP3 player as opposed to the other service out there
where you have to remain a paying member to be
able to even listen to what you paid already to download.
The "Napster to Go" uses software from Microsoft Corp.
designed to manage digital rights called Janus. There
is an answer to those subscribers that complain
they don't want to be tied to their personal computers
in order to listen to their music downloads... for the
consumer that wants to take their music with them - the
solution = the "Napster to Go".
Similar offerings are in the works for later this year
and early in 2006 by such companies as MusicNet,
MusicNow and RealNetworks Rhapsody. With so
many of the giants coming on board with this
concept - you know it's got to be the new wave.

One of the best articles I read on the various
programs / services differences was the article
that Ashlee Vance in Chicago wrote - here