 
Aussie Music Downloads
BigPond Music BigPond
Music
250,000 tracks available. Songs cost $1.89, or $1.20
for BigPond ISP customers, who also get free promotional tracks. 30 second previews.
Same copyright rules as MSN. - Top
10 tracks are only $1.20 (99 cents for BigPond ISP customers)
- Promo
Tracks - listen to them for a fortnight for free
MSN Australia MSN
Australia Downloads
Songs cost $1.45-$1.89 to buy a track, or $0.05
to stream. 30 second previews. Site doesn't work
with the FireFox Browser :( Copyright varies, typically you
can burn to CDs 3 times, and unlimited times to portable devices that can play
.wma files and have DRM. Some tracks might be more restrictive. Powered by OD2 This
is the same as using HMV Australia
Sanity Sanity
Digital
Songs cost $1.69 to buy a track, and they have videos as well.
30 second previews. Send a full length trial version
to your friends (with a limited number of plays). Copyright
varies, typically you can burn to CDs 3 times, and unlimited times to portable
devices that can play .wma files and have DRM. Some tracks might be more restrictive.
Powered by SongCentre - and they
have over 1 million tracks Sanity Digital audio files are Microsoft's secure
Windows Media (.wma), 192kbps (DRM wrapped) format.
Destra Australia
Destra
This is ultimately the service you are dealing
with, if you buy tracks from any of JB Hi-Fi, Chaos, Dick Smith, Rome, Harvey
Norman's ChannelGo, Tranzfusion, MP3.com.au
& Whammo. We've yet to find out how many tracks
they have, but they are a solid alternative to Microsoft/BigPond. $0.99-$1.89
to buy a track. Can buy pre-paid vouchers from HMV and Chaos, or just use a credit
card. Same copyright rules as MSN
Optus / Yahoo / MTV / RipIt
SoundBuzz
$1.69 to buy a track, $16.90 per album. WMA format. 30 second
previews Site doesn't work with the FireFox Browser
:( This is the source of tracks & ringtones sold by Yahoo
Australia (aka Launch) & BigPond Music & Optus
MTV Mobile. Vouchers can be bought from Dick Smith, Big W, Woolworths &
Tandy
MP3Tunes
MP3Tunes
$US0.88 to buy a track. 192-bit MP3 format. 30 second previews.
Available to Australians. There is no copy-protection on
these tracks. Artists receive the majority of the income. 300,000 tracks available,
but you won't find any famous acts.
Charts
| 
