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Full tracks will also be available for listening (subject to the overall 25 songs per month quota) on Yahoo! Music, MTV.com, CMT.com and VH1.com, with the option to purchase the song that's being played.
"With the Rhapsody MP3 Store, we're giving our audience the means to load up on all the music they love while they're on our sites - yet another way in which we're weaving Rhapsody into the fabric of all of our programming across all of our screens," said Courtney Holt, executive vice president of digital music and media for MTV Networks' music group.
Rhapsody will also power full-song playback on iLike.com and that service's music applications for Facebook, MySpace, hi5, Orkut and Bebo. Again, the 25 track limit applies to each listener. In return, the iLike 'Buy' button will include the option of purchasing the song from Rhapsody.
Existing royalty arrangements between RealNetworks and music labels mean royalties will be paid when tracks are played.
But there's always a downside. Rhapsody lacks the seamless integration of the iTunes Store with the iTunes software running on customers' computers, and it is also apparently limited to US customers.
Eventually someone other than Apple will realise that international (even if not worldwide) coverage is the way to go - though it's more likely the music industry that's dragging its feet.
David Bass
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