PayPlay.FM
Encyclopedia
PayPlay.FM is an online music store
from the Ukraine
. It was originally launched in the USA. The download music store currently offers over 3,600,000 songs of independent music in MP3 format. The store is available worldwide. The music in the store is sold at fixed bitrates, mostly 192 or 320 kbit/s depending on the song.
From May 29, 2007, PayPlay.FM was offering its entire collection in MP3
format without DRM protection
.. Prices were around 80 US cent per song.
Probably in late 2010, PayPlay.FM domain name was sold to a company in Ukraine. The price per song dropped to 33 cent (Feb-May 2011).
Online music store
An online music store is an online business which sells audio files, usually music, on a per-song and/or subscription basis. It may be differentiated from music streaming services in that the music store offers the actual music file, while streaming services offer partial or full listening without...
from the Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
. It was originally launched in the USA. The download music store currently offers over 3,600,000 songs of independent music in MP3 format. The store is available worldwide. The music in the store is sold at fixed bitrates, mostly 192 or 320 kbit/s depending on the song.
History
Payplay started in June 2006 .From May 29, 2007, PayPlay.FM was offering its entire collection in MP3
MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
format without DRM protection
Digital rights management
Digital rights management is a class of access control technologies that are used by hardware manufacturers, publishers, copyright holders and individuals with the intent to limit the use of digital content and devices after sale. DRM is any technology that inhibits uses of digital content that...
.. Prices were around 80 US cent per song.
Probably in late 2010, PayPlay.FM domain name was sold to a company in Ukraine. The price per song dropped to 33 cent (Feb-May 2011).