First, read this (kind of expensive in my opinion):

"eMusic.com Subscription Plans

  eMusic offers the following month-to-month subscription plans:

eMusic Lite: €5.99 per month billed every 30 days

• 10 MP3 downloads per 30 day billing cycle

eMusic Basic: €13.99 per month billed every 30 days

• 30 MP3 downloads per 30 day billing cycle

eMusic Plus: €16.99 billed every 30 days

• 50 MP3 downloads per 30 day billing cycle

eMusic Premium: €20.99 billed every 30 days

• 75 MP3 downloads per 30 day billing cycle

eMusic Connoisseur 100: €29.99 billed every 30 days

• 100 MP3 downloads per 30 day billing cycle

eMusic Connoisseur 200: €59.99 billed every 30 days

• 200 MP3 downloads per 30 day billing cycle

eMusic Connoisseur 300: €89.99 billed every 30 days

• 300 MP3 downloads per 30 day billing cycle

eMusic Audiobooks 1 Credit: €11.99 billed every 30 days

• 1 MP3 download credit per 30 day billing cycle

eMusic Audiobooks 2 Credit: €21.99 billed every 30 days

• 2 MP3 download credits per 30 day billing cycle

Please note that under the month-to-month subscription plan, unused downloads do not carry over to the next billing period and are forfeited.
Also, once you are an eMusic subscriber, your subscription will continue until you cancel-- if you do not cancel and do nothing, your credit card will continue to be charged on a monthly basis.

 eMusic also offers the following annual subscription plans:

eMusic Basic with 20% discount: €124.70 billed at start of paid subscription

• 30 MP3 downloads per 30 day cycle

eMusic Plus with 20% discount: €163.10 billed at start of paid subscription

• 50 MP3 downloads per 30 day cycle

eMusic Premium with 20% discount: €201.50 billed at start of paid subscription

• 75 MP3 downloads per 30 day cycle

eMusic Two-Year Basic with 25% discount: €233.82 billed at start of paid subscription

• 30 MP3 downloads per 30 day cycle

eMusic Two-Year Plus with 25% discount: €305.82 billed at start of paid subscription

• 50 MP3 downloads per 30 day cycle

eMusic Two-Year Premium with 25% discount: €377.82 billed at start of paid subscription

• 75 MP3 downloads per 30 day cycle

eMusic Audiobooks Annual 1 Credit with 20% discount: €115.10 billed at start of paid subscription

• 1 MP3 download credits per 30 day cycle

eMusic Audiobooks Annual 2 Credit with 20% discount €211.10 billed at start of paid subscription

• 2 MP3 downloads credits per 30 day cycle

Annual and two-year subscriptions are billed the full amount of the
plan at the end of the trial period and these subscriptions cannot be cancelled
until the end of the annual or two-year subscription period. At the end
of your annual or two-year subscription period your subscription will
be automatically renewed and you will be billed for an additional
annual or two-year subscription respectively at your then current plan
level. eMusic reserves the right to not automatically renew your annual
or two-year subscription. Under the annual or two-year subscription
plan, unused downloads in each 30 day cycle do not carry over to the following cycle and are forfeited."

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wow.. it definitely is fucking expensive but in my eyes nothing illegal.. but you cant find what happen after your free trial. which contract you´ll get.

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I see.
But emusic is nowhere near as expensive as iTunes, Virgin, MSN,...

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"Deux choses sont infinies: l'univers et la bêtise humaine, en ce qui concerne l'univers, je n'en ai pas acquis la certitude absolue".

Albert Einstein

Now, according to the rules:

Emusic will always charge you automatically month to month or year to year (depends on the Subscription Plan you have) unless you choose to cancel your account. Also, if you don't cancel your trial version within fourteen days or before you exceed the free download limit (40 downloads) you'll be automatically subscribed and they will charge you. All fees and charges are nonrefundable.

Annual or two-year subscriptions cannot be canceled.

If you don't have the money in time, a late payment charge of one and one-half percent (1.5%) per month may be added to your bill and immediately become due and payable.

If you find any discrepances on your account statement (for example, if you notice that Emusic is taking more money than they should) you'll have to notify them within 60 days. If you don't, it Means all discrepances had been accepted by you.

You are solely responsible for paying any taxes, duties, government levies or other charges imposed by a taxing or other regulatory authority relating to your use of the service.

Emusic has the right, at any time, to change the fees and billing methods, effective 30 days after an online posting at the site. If you don't agree with the changes, cancel your account before these thirty days.

You can also upgrade or downgrade your current Subscription Plan. Downgrade is only effective at The End of your current plan, but you can upgrade at anytime (all you have to do is to pay the difference).

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You choose the contract before the free trial.

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oh yes i remember the page you show before.

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Thank you for your help

I must leave you. I'll be back tomorrow ( as Arnold said in Terminator 1 )

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"Deux choses sont infinies: l'univers et la bêtise humaine, en ce qui concerne l'univers, je n'en ai pas acquis la certitude absolue".

Albert Einstein

Hasta la vista, then.

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There's a standard business model used for many years before the internet that involves enticing people to sign up for a free trial and then automatically charging or sending goods unless the customer cancels. It may be not very ethic, but's it's not illegal.

I think Skinless is right. What is the proportion of genuine problems as a percentage of thousands of eMusic users? The rules are all written, probably some people are complaining because they were too Lazy to read them and got a few surprises. And some complains I've read were just ridiculous, like: "They give you a 14-day free trial but you can't download anything, they will charge you for a single Mp3 you get", and eMusic says you can download until 40 Mp3 in the free trial.

And some people probably didn't read about the 40 Mp3 also, so they started to download like maniacs and got charged at the first day.

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I've already read the terms of use.
I don't understand the whole thing, I admit.

And yet nothing illegal in my opinion. Seems like some people didn't read the small print carefully before registration. Who's to blame ?

I'm thinking of trying emusic.

Thanks for all.

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"Deux choses sont infinies: l'univers et la bêtise humaine, en ce qui concerne l'univers, je n'en ai pas acquis la certitude absolue".

Albert Einstein