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LimeWire, the service that gained popularity in the wake of Napster's initial fall from grace, has finally launched a more comfortably legal version of its site. Even LimeWire had to continue to follow in some of Napster's footsteps. The company's new online music store has about 500,000 tracks for you to choose from, for legal purchase. While the online music store is currently separate from LimeWire's P2P service, there may be integration between the two, somewhere along the line, according to downloadsquad.
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So far, most of the content on LimeWire's online store comes from indie artists, so be forewarned that the big names aren't yet prominent in its storefront just yet. The songs are, or course, DRM-free, as LimeWire would surely have it no other way. But just when you thought the industry was pulling away from the monthly subscription model, LimeWire brings it back, full force, and with limits (which actually shouldn't matter, unless you plan on downloading more than 75 tracks per month). There are four payment options with LimeWire's online store, with $20 per month getting your 75 songs, $15 for 50 songs, $10 for 25 songs, and a pay-as-you-go option.
At least, on the consumer end, you've got a uniform price being applied to every song in LimeWire's library, according to your chosen plan. I personally don't have a problem with the subscription model, but record labels often do, and LimeWire's standing user base might have some issues as well.