[Macworld]

Post your comments for eMusic catalog hits 4 million tracks here

[natmusak]

Sheesh, 4 million!!? That's catching up with iTunes' 6 million, yet 90% of it is indie and 100% of it is DRM-free.
I know an artist being independent doesn't make their music inherently better than one on a major label, but these days it seems much more good comes from the indie crowd while the opposite is true for major label singers, a lot of which seem to be corporate rock, corporate pop, and even corporate rap artists that are rather forgettable.
Be cool if Apple offered a subscription service like this IN ADDITION to their a la carte model. I like eMusic, but sometimes it's hard to find time to research indie artists and download their stuff in a month to make the $10 or higher fee worth it. And if you reach your download limit fast and find more you want to download, you have to sign up for a more expensive plan.
If iTunes made such a service optional you could download more for less and when your subscription ended, you wouldn't be forced to wait for the next month to roll around or upgrade to a higher-tier plan, you'd simply be relegated to iTunes' current a la carte model. Or perhaps they could make it more of a premium-priced prepaid affair with no time limit.

[sheilanolan]

I've been a member of e-music for quite some time now as, most of the time, it ends up being cheaper than iTunes. Because you get a set number of tracks per month, you can often get several albums for the same price as 1 in iTunes. Being able to download any tracks that you've already bought it a great bonus which is something iTunes doesn't allow - although it does for applications.