Yahoo! Music Unlimited

Launch date	May 10, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-05-10)
Discontinued	September 30, 2008; 15 years ago (2008-09-30)
Platform(s)	Windows: XP, Vista
Pricing model	Subscription business model

Yahoo! Music Unlimited was a music streaming service and digital music store by Yahoo! Music.

History

In May 2005, Yahoo Music launched Yahoo! Music Unlimited, a music streaming service and digital music store.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} Users paid a subscription fee to access a library of over two million songs which could be either streamed or downloaded as DRM'd Windows Media Audio files and played from a computer in near CD quality sound. Subscribers could also download songs for transfer to CD or supported portable devices with an additional per-song payment. Yahoo! Music Jukebox was the software used for the service. The service required an active Internet connection. It was discontinued on September 30, 2008.^[6][7] The service was praised for its music quality, interface, and cheaper price than competitors.^[8][9]

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