eMusic provides a subscription service to its 350,000 customers who buy an average of more than 20 DRM free MP3s per month (seven million tracks in total)from a catalogue spanning every genre, but concentrating on independent artists. Artists currently on their books include Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Miles Davis, Bob Marley and creedance Clearwater Revival, the Pixies, plus new artists like Neko Case and the New Pornographers. Routenote's entire catalogue will be made available to eMusic's subscribers, introducing our artists to a swathe of new listeners.

Audio Lunchbox operates both an a la carte and a subscription service, allowing customers with a valid US credit card to purchase music in whatever manner suits them best.

Founded in April 2003 by Margan Harris, Joshwa Forstot, Dr.James Palmer and Daniel Ostrow, Audio Luchbox say this about themselves: We strive to make the purchase of digital music quick, easy, affordable. When you download from our site, your music files are not restricted by DRM (Digital Rights Management). Do with them as you please, as long as it's for personal use.

Snocap, Founded by Shawn Fanning, Jordan Mendelson and Ron Conway in 2002, SNOCAP aims to be the trusted solution powering the global marketplace for the digital media. Because Snaocap's Digital Registry is open to all rightsholders (large, medium and small), SNOCAP will bring largest possible catalogue of licensed content to the digital media marketplace. Using SNOCAP, content providers can easily manage all aspects of digital distribution, establish business rules and maintain full control of their content across multiple online retail locations. In turn, online retailers and authorized peer-to-peer networks have access to all of the music in this registry and can therefore make it available for customers to purchase.

Limewire is a fast, easy-to-use file sharing program that contains no spyware, adware or other bundled software. Compatible with all major platforms and running over the Gnutella network, Limewire's open source code is freely available to the public and developed in part by a devoted programmer community. Limewire is offered in dozens of languages and is available in Limewire BASIC, a free version, or Limewire PRO, an enhanced version with personalized technical support offered at $21.95 for 6 months and $34.95 for 1 year.

iTunes is Apple's digital music store. Launched in 2001 to complement the success of the iPod, today it is the biggest music retailer in the world. There are localised versions of iTunes in U.S.A., Australia, Japan, the U.K. and Europe, and RouteNote deals with them all. As of April 2008 Apple have sold 100 million iPods, all of them linked to iTunes and the iTunes store, and potential customers for your music.