After reading your post I went to Yahoo Music. I am looking for a good website to download mp3 without worring about getting spyware and viruses. It appears that the a person has to buy the downloads of songs on Yahoo Music. How much do they cost? Any info would be appreciated.
Multiple options: Option 1) Music rentals $79 a year - allows for unlimited playing and subscription to music on your computer. You have have up to three computers logged in at any time, though only one can be logged in /at/ a time (IE: one for home, one for work, etc.) Subscribed music can be played while offline so long as the subscription was renewed within the past month.
Option 2) For another $79 a year, you can transfer the subscribed music to a portable device that complies with the 'plays for sure' model. Creative Zen players, iRivers, Dell Axims are some of the more popular devices. I've got a little Rio with a 5gb hard drive that I play music with.
Option 3) Purchase music, .79 cents a track, no yearly fees. You can burn the music to a CD, play it on your computer, or on any player able to play secured windows media files. Subscription and purchased music are 192k WMA files, which is very close to original CD sound, and about twice as good as iTunes quality. Streaming music is 128k WMA, which is still a higher quality of sound than iTunes.
We use the streaming via a bluetooth link to speakers in the bedroom (and a remote to control the computer) and enjoy a limitless library of music all year round. Sometimes Yahoo has a 2 for one sale, which we took advantage of, to get two years for the price of one. Hope this helps.