Actually Brian, the point is that services like Napster also allow you to "purchase" songs or albums. But what you're allowed to do with them once they're purchased is in question. Obviously some customers feel that if they buy a song from a subscription service they should own it. However in reading the Terms of Service you'll usually find that's not the case.

I think their is a place for subscription services, and yes you can get a lot of music for very little money. But the mentality that you own something when you actually rent it seems to be common among a lot of people. I don't know why that is.

I'd be willing to bet that you will see iTunes add a subscription level to their service when their market dominance starts to erode. Just like we saw video capability being added to iPods, even though initially Apple said it wouldn't happen.

Jody

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