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Purchasing Music From Yahoo! Music Unlimited
Although a Yahoo! Music Unlimited subscription is a great way to get access to virtually limitless music, it does not include the ability to copy music to CDs. In order to burn Yahoo! Music Unlimited songs using the Yahoo! Music Jukebox, you must buy them as burnable downloads. Burnable downloads aren’t included in your subscription service; you have to purchase them separately. Once you buy a song from Yahoo! Music Unlimited, it’s permanently yours—you can burn it to a CD, share it with your friends, and so on. It’s always playable and accessible regardless of your Yahoo! Music Unlimited subscription.
Tip: With Yahoo! Music Jukebox Plus, you'll have access to improved CD listening, burning, and ripping. Review the Yahoo! Music Jukebox Plus Help for more information.
You don't need to be a Yahoo! Music Unlimited subscriber to purchase burnable downloads. However, Yahoo! Music Unlimited subscribers get a discount for music that they purchase, typically 79¢ per song compared to 99¢ per song for non-subscribers.
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Here’s How
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Launch the Yahoo! Music Jukebox.
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Click Y! Unlimited in the left navigation pane to access Yahoo! Music Unlimited.
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Search for music you like, or click any of the album, artist, or song recommendations on the Yahoo! Music Unlimited page. You can purchase any song or album that displays a Buy button (
) The purchase price appears next to the button.
Note: If you don't see a Buy button next to a song title, that song isn’t available. Music publishers decide what is available for online purchase. All songs on an album may not be available for purchase. In such cases, instead of an album price, you'll see the total cost of the individual songs added together. You can choose the buy just some of the songs listed for the album.
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When you find music that you want to purchase for your collection, click the Buy button.
Yahoo! Music Unlimited takes you through the purchase process. You'll have a final chance to confirm your purchase before your credit card is billed.
Important: Burnable downloads from Yahoo! Music Unlimited are single purchase downloads. This means that if you delete the music file from your computer or lose it, you can't download the song without purchasing it again.
Although burnable downloads that you purchase aren’t governed by the same digital rights management (DRM) as subscription songs, it isn’t possible to transfer the associated music files directly between computers. To transfer these files, you must copy them from your computer to a CD and then import them from the CD onto another computer.
What’s Next
Once purchased, the music downloads to My Music. Your newly purchased songs appear in the My Music collection marked as "Purchased".
Words to Know
- Burn: to copy music to a CD for playback through your home, car, or portable CD player.
- Burnable download: a song you purchase individually that you can burn to a CD for playback through your home, car, or portable CD player.
- CD: short for "compact disc", a small, portable medium for electronically recording, storing, and playing back audio, video, text, and other digital information.