Starting this Monday, Listen.com's Rhapsody subscription music service will offer users the ability to burn unlimited CDs on a pay-as-you-go basis for 99 cents a track. The deal covers music from Warner and Universal. (Want news coverage? Try Google News:listen+CD).
Much as LawMeme appreciates the lip service being paid to consumer choice, a few unpleasant facts remain, not least that of price.
Over at Amazon, LawMeme can buy The Eminem Show for $14.99. This same CD, weighing in at 20 tracks, would cost $19.80 through Rhapsody (not even counting the $9.95 monthly fee). The Who: The Ultimate Collection? $20.99 in stores, but 35 tracks at 99 cents a pop works out to $34.65.