Downloading Music from a Music Subscription Service

A good source for downloadable music is a music subscription service. These sites work kind of like online music stores, except instead of buying one song at a time, you get to download an unlimited number of songs for a single monthly subscription fee.

Once you pay your $10-$20 per month, you can download as many songs as you like. You can listen to your downloaded songs as long as you maintain your subscription, but if you unsubscribe, the music you've rented is no longer playable.

One of the most popular music subscription services is AOL Music. With AOL Music Now, you pay $14.95 per month to get unlimited access to a library of more than two million songs. All the songs are free to listen to and download, as long as you're a subscriber.

Other online music services, such as eMusic, Napster, and Rhapsody work on a similar subscription model. You can download as many songs as you want at no charge, as long as you pay the monthly subscription fee. And, like all the online music stores, this process is completely legal.

Michael Miller is a writer and commentator on technology and digital lifestyle topics.