Napster launches in Canada

TORONTO, Canada (Napster.ca press release) - Napster, a division of Roxio, Inc.), today announced that the award-winning Napster 2.0 legal online digital music service went live at https://www.napster.ca for millions of music fans across Canada.

The world's most recognized brand in online music provides both an on-demand music subscription service - Canada's first - and an a la carte music download store putting the power of choice in the hands of Canadian music fans. Napster allows Canadian members to enjoy the nation's largest and most diverse online collection of music, featuring more than 300,000 tracks from the five major labels (BMG, EMI, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Canada, and Warner Music Canada) as well as scores of independent labels, and offers such Canadian acts as Alanis Morrissette, Avril Lavigne, Diana Krall, Nickelback, Melissa Auf Der Maur and Thornley.
To celebrate its official launch in Canada, Napster is offering all of Canada a free 7-day trial to the service.
The launch of Napster Canada follows just one week after the debut of Napster's UK service, solidifying the company's position as the world's most globalized digital music service. Napster's Canadian team, some of which are located in the Richmond Hill, Ontario headquarters of Roxio, will continue to strive to maintain the service's distinctly Canadian personality.

After downloading the free Napster jukebox at https://www.napster.ca, for just CDN$9.95 a month Canadian subscribers, like their American and British counterparts, can legally, safely, and easily download any track they choose onto up to three PCs and listen to full-length songs on or offline to save bandwidth while they surf or for convenience when on the go.

Napster features ten interactive, commercial-free radio stations designed specifically for the Canadian audience. Napster's rich community features allow subscribers to safely browse each others' play lists and even share songs among other Napster users. Subscribers can access Billboard chart history and purchase individual tracks for as little as CDN$1.00 when they buy Napster Track Packs.

For those who simply want to buy individual songs to burn to CD or transfer to portable players, Napster Light offers free 30-second samples of the entire catalog and the ability to purchase tracks any time they want for CDN$1.19 and albums for CDN$9.95. Napster Light also offers consumers free access to Fuzz, Napster's online magazine, and their own Napster Inbox.
All members can organise their entire music collection by using the ripping software in the free Napster jukebox to take tracks from CDs they already own to play on Napster. They can also import MP3s into their Napster Library or transfer tracks they've bought to a wide range of portable devices.