BuyMusic (07/30/2003)

Sucks not an mp3!!!by peistah - March 19, 2005

Pros: They take your money fast!

Cons: Not an mp3, wma protected file

You actually own the song.by - February 8, 2005

Pros: This service is great. You actually download the song onto your hard drive, and are able to burn it whenever you want to. And you get to use the CD burning software that you want to. With most tracks you are allowed to burn the song anywhere from three to

Cons: Some artists only allow you to buy the whole album for about ten bucks...cough Metallica...cough Madonna.

RIAA's Best Friendby - September 1, 2004

Pros: Nothing spectacular

Cons: Rights and prices differ. I put my songs on to one computer, but when my drive had to be ghosted, Buymusic refused to reissue my licenses as their system thought I had put my songs on to another machine (even though it was the same machine--one song I ha

BuyMusic.com is great if....by - July 30, 2004

Pros: Buymusic is a good deal if you are a windows user and have a wma player.most of the song they sell now , are 79 cents. although most song have diffrent restrictions, like how many computer it can be uploaded to , and how many times it can be burned, on av

Cons: Poorly designed website,inconsistent prices but most are .79cents, just keep a eye on the bottom line,and some players arent supported.

A poor quality, faceless shamby - January 16, 2004

Pros: N/A

Cons: Customer support is non-existant. If there is an error downloading a song, they will make you pay for it regardless. And then you may email them to assure that you are not going to be charged twice for the same song. They will send you a canned respons

Tried It, Hated Itby - January 5, 2004

Pros: Fairly easy to use

Cons: Only 50% of what I bought is useable or downloaded at all. I have exchanged multiple e-mails to their customer service since you will never find a real person to help you and help would be the last word I would use to describe what I got. This was my firs

No response from support after 4 daysby - December 29, 2003

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Cons: I ordered a gift certficate to be delivered to someone and it has never arrived. I contacted support via email 4 days ago and haven't heard anything back. There's no phone number to call. I've sent them 3 emails and still nothing. Don't give these guys yo

Yes it's not iTunes. So?by - November 26, 2003

Pros: I don't get it. Yes it's a rip-off of iTunes. BFD. The fact is that as a PC user, I can't use iTunes. So why am I offended if someone offers a service that is nearly the same, but that I can actually use? Sure, it'd be great if all the tracks were th

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this is a Trojan with an agreementby - November 25, 2003

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Cons: Build on top of Windows Media 9,this music service gathers information on all your music files and reports back for marketing.

I hate licenses!by - November 24, 2003

Pros: Good response time from customer support. Too bad it was necessary to test it as many times as I did.

Cons: This license thing is absolute garbage. 10% of my downloads didn't work because the license needed to play it could not be found. Support was good enough to reset the license for me, but it still didn't work on the second attempt. After they told me they

Brings "RIPPING" to a new level!by - November 13, 2003

Pros: I've downloaded and burned about 12 songs for my daughter and at a buck a pop, it's not bad. Actually, it went quite smoothly UNTIL...

Cons: One of my licenses wouldn't download. Customer support is a joke. As with so many others, they responded a couple of times then they just went away without providing a license and they refused to refund my money. Like others, I was told the problem would

Only can download to one computer??!!by - October 10, 2003

Pros: Very fast and easy to find what you are looking for.

Cons: Copyrights triumph again. When downloading music in some cases you can only put the WMA file on one computer. In other words when you upgrade your computer the music you paid for is gone.... as in bye-bye. Be sure that you don't spend much money here b

Inexpensive, easy to use, environmentally friendly, fun!by - September 26, 2003

Pros: I've used Buy Music and it rocks! I was able to find most of the music I wanted. Some of the songs were, in fact, only $0.79. The site clearly indicated how many computers I could download to, and how many burns and transfers I would get with each song

Cons: Would like to see a larger selection.

Horrible customer support...by - September 22, 2003

Pros: None...

Cons: The service is really a no no from get go. Broken and non-functional site features, such as search. Maybe if the site were not made with ASP, it'd be doing a lot better job. If you read the fine printes (user agreements, privacy policy, etc.), you will

A major dissappointmentby - September 22, 2003

Pros: It is for Windows. That's about it.

Cons: They SELL YOUR PRIVACY INFORMATION so expect to get spammed to death or get calls from solicitors. You do NOT own the music you pay for: you lease or license it. The music is tied to the one PC with which you download it. Once your PC fails or is sold o

Privacy Policy is absolutely scary!by - September 19, 2003

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Cons: Their privacy policy alone is reason enoufgh to never do business with buymusic.com or their parent buy.com. "Except as limited below, we reserve the right to use or disclose your personally identifiable information for business reasons in whatever manne

Much improved user experience - Huge selection!by - September 18, 2003

Pros: Great selection Easy to Use Finally a choice for PC Users

Cons: Varying usage rights from different labels.

quick and easy to useby - September 9, 2003

Pros: very smooth down load

Cons: Record company costing is still too high, and distribution standards need to be established. All this, 1 computer, 3 burns, unlimited burns.. Come on guys play ball..

Loved it!by - September 9, 2003

Pros: Instead of buying a CD at $15-$18 for 1 or 2 songs you like, pay $15 for 15 songs you want! Easy search, easy checkout, and streamlined downloading..I am telling everyone!

Cons: I would like more songs!

Mac Users need to get a lifeby - September 9, 2003

Pros: Downloads are easy to use and it works with PC's

Cons: Organization of tracks on the site could be a bit better, but on the whole it isn't a bad first swipe. When I was able to find the tracks I wanted to download, I was able to download them and move them freely between my PC and my PDA or Mini Disk. As

Sound Quality Seems to S#ckby - August 15, 2003

Pros: Easy to use.

Cons: Not much I would like to download, and the one song I did get sounded terrible. I do not know why.

Horrible, tricky serviceby - August 9, 2003

Pros: Use iTunes for Windows when it comes out. See Cons.

Cons: This service has very few things in its favor. For one, the privacy policy declares, underlined: "Except as otherwise limited in this Policy, we may disclose, sell, trade, or rent your Personally Identifiable Information to others without your consent." S

Decent interface, but failed implementationby - August 9, 2003

Pros: If you primarily listen to music on your computer, then you can get it legally.

Cons: The uneven and restrictive digital rights management is a fatal flaw. While I found the service clear enough about what rights I get with each song, this is something I must remember song-by-song or I will sometimes be surprised later when I can't move a

Record Companies Still Don't Get Itby - August 9, 2003

Pros: $.99 music and $9.99 albums.

Cons: .wma files and their accursed DRM. DRM makes me feel like a criminal even though I never use P2P networks. 300,000 songs is very small when you consider how many you can get on P2P. Not all music is error-free. I downloaded a song and couldn't burn it

Go back to the drawing boardby - August 8, 2003

Pros: None. Don't get suckered in.

Cons: Downloads have same old restrictive DRM, they just took away the subscription part. Searching and browsing for files is super slow since it only gives you a page at a time one track at a time in HTML. If you buy a whole album, you manually download one

Poor Selectionby - August 5, 2003

Pros: Fast website and price. That's about it.

Cons: The selection on this site is horrible. Its like ordering CDs from one of those CD warehouses...the music has been out so long, you forgot who performed it or have heard it so many times, its pointless to buy it.

.wma not .Mp3, FTP type downloads and suspect "security" activation after downloadby - August 5, 2003

Pros:

Cons: a little deceptive with the 0.79 cent thing. Most single song files arent. Interface and overall ease of use falls flat on it's face when compared to Itunes/Apple music store combo. Apple's way of downloading and organizing your music to your specified lo

iTunes for Windows Mulliganby - August 4, 2003

Pros: Provides a great example of what not to do for other would-be iTunes competitors

Cons: 1) Misleading advertising: buymusic.com implies you own the music when the reality of it is it's not transferrable from your hard drive. 2) Songs from $0.79, while the reality is most are not $0.79. 3) Inconsistent digital rights management 4) Download

Total Shamby - July 31, 2003

Pros: None

Cons: Maybe 20% of all the songs are $0.79 while the rest can range to $1.19+. Also, beacuse each song has it's own copying limitations, you will never know if the next album you are burning will have all the songs you choose. As if this was not bad enough, the