Napster Opens 'Biggest MP3 Store In The World'

Napster have unveiled their new online music store – which features the world’s biggest collection of music without digital rights management (DRM).

The store offers over six millions MP3s, including music from all four of the world’s major labels.

Because the music files are DRM free, users will be able to play the MP3s on all portable devices, including iPods.

The new service will bring Napster into competition with Apple’s iTunes music store, which offers a limited selection of DRM free music, and Amazon, which boasts a similar deal with all the major labels.

Each download will cost the user 79p.

Napster’s new service is a move away from their ‘All You Can Eat’ service, which allowed users to download as much as they wanted as part of a monthly subscription.

Although Napster will continue the service, boss Chris Gorog said that they “believe ultimately that consumers will be moving to an unlimited music model.”