Current Content Rights

Purchased Rhapsody music

MP3sMPEG Layer 3 Audio files; a popular open-standard compression and file format for digital audio. that you buy from Rhapsody or the MP3 Store are DRMDigital Rights Management. This is a secure technology that enables the copyright owner of a piece of intellectual property (such as a music, video, or text file) to specify what a user can do with it.-free. They have no content rights, other than those dictated by the music company.

These MP3 files are your property, and you are responsible for backing them up and monitoring their use. Each file has a unique transaction ID number in Track Info. This number does not contain any personal information about you, but can be used by Customer Service to assist you if there is a problem with the file.

We suggest you back up all of your purchased music by burning it to a data CD, or saving it to an external hard drive.

Downloaded and Rhapsody Premier music

You're given the digital content rights for your downloaded (but not purchased) Rhapsody tracks, and Rhapsody PremierA level of subscription that allows you to download tracks without purchasing them, and transfer tracks to a portable device wtihout purchasing them. music, via a Digital Rights Management (DRMDigital Rights Management. This is a secure technology that enables the copyright owner of a piece of intellectual property (such as a music, video, or text file) to specify what a user can do with it.) system. The content rights you receive are determined by the music companies, and by your level of membership.

Streamed Rhapsody music

Most music companies allow you to stream their music as much as you want, as long as you have the appropriate Rhapsody membership. Some companies may require music to be purchased before you can listen to it. Others may allow you to stream their music, but not purchase it. Still others may not allow non-purchased transfer, like Rhapsody Premier and Rhapsody Premier PlusA level of subscription that allows you to download tracks without purchasing them, and transfer tracks to up to 3 portable devices without purchasing them.. You can view a streamingProcess of breaking a large audio or video file into smaller pieces and transferring it, piece by piece, so it can be viewed immediately rather than waiting for the whole file to be downloaded. track's content rights by saving to your Library, then looking at the Track Info.

Content rights can change over time for non-purchased songs. Tracks that you can download without purchasing or stream may not be available at a later date if the artist or studio changes the rights.

If this happens, affected tracks in My Library will revert to 30-second samples or be grayed out as unavailable. These rights may be restored at a later date if the artist or studio allow them to be.

 

When you purchase a Rhapsody track, you are granted the content rights for that file indefinitely. However, when you download a Rhapsody  track, you are "renting" the content rights for a period of 30 days.

In order to renew the content rights for downloaded tracks on your computer, sign in to your Rhapsody account at least once every 30 days.

To renew the content rights for Rhapsody Premier tracks and Rhapsody Radio channels you have transferred to your portable player or device, simply connect your portable device to your computer while Rhapsody is running (and your Rhapsody membership is current) at least once every 30 days.

The same is true of your Rhapsody channels. To keep your Rhapsody channels available and updated with fresh content, just sign in to your Rhapsody account at least once per month.

 

StreamedProcess of breaking a large audio or video file into smaller pieces and transferring it, piece by piece, so it can be viewed immediately rather than waiting for the whole file to be downloaded. Rhapsody tracks and downloaded (but not purchased) Rhapsody tracks are "subscription" tracks. You can play them as long as you have the appropriate Rhapsody subscription. If you choose to end your paid Rhapsody subscription, any streamed and downloaded Rhapsody tracks in your Library will no longer be playable.

Any Rhapsody tracks that you purchased, however, are yours to keep.

 

Rhapsody previously sold secure music in the proprietary .rax format. This format is no longer sold by Rhapsody. We suggest that you burn your .rax tracks to an audio CD to back them up.