Article: Napster tunes in with new deal: Download us for a song.(Arts and Lifestyle)

Byline: Tenley Woodman

Napster has a new concept: music for rent.

The new Napster To Go service lends unlimited MP3 downloads for $15 per month, so you can fill up your MP3 player for a reasonable price - although when payment stops, so does the music.

The service is a direct shot across the bow of Apple's 99-cents-a-song iTunes service. According to Napster's math, it would take $10,000 worth of iTunes to fill an iPod that has a potential storage capacity of 10,000 songs.

And whereas iPod users are locked into iTunes, numerous portable MP3 players like Rio Sport or Zen Micro are compatible with Napster.

So which service ...

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