Features
Users who subscribed to Yahoo! Music Unlimited were able to stream and download an unlimited number of music tracks, but Janus DRM (digital rights management) technology prevents these tracks from being accessed once a user's subscription is discontinued or expires. Thus, if a user wishes to download and own a music track, they must pay an additional fee. The digital rights management employed by Yahoo prevents a user from freely distributing these tracks.
Users living outside the USA or Canada could still download the player and enjoy the features of the Yahoo! Music Engine, a software product that basically functions as a music collection organizer in a similar fashion to that of iTunes.
Yahoo! tech support has reported that Windows Media Audio codec, similar to MP3, is used at 192 kbit/s for all songs. This is a high-quality encoding and without high-end playback equipment, nearly indistinguishable from CD.
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