Do you like to own your music? Or do you prefer to rent? Either way, Virgin Digital has it.

From the Software License Agreement:

The Virgin Digital Service affords you the unique and thrilling opportunity to experience 30 second samples of music and to stream, download and think about digitized sound recordings and related nifty digital content.

The entire Agreement, as well as the FAQ, is peppered with this sort of forced cheekiness.

The service is still in beta, and the client software shows it. It is nice to see they have integrated the All Music Guide into the client.

A quick review of the breadth and depth of the catalog finds minor differences from Rhapsody. However, if an artist or album is unavailable on one service, chances are that it's not available on the other, either.

Also, something is amiss when Scissor Sisters, Blues Explosion, and Toots & The Maytals are on the front page, filed under "Most Popular."

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