Software giant Microsoft is said to be investigating its foray into the subscription MP3 download market after announcing its MSN Music service last year that competes with Apple’s iTunes.

The new service would offer users a subscription model, similar to how Real’s service and Napster’s service work.

“We are actively investigating the subscription model, but we don’t have anything to share today,” Christine Andrews, lead product manager of Microsoft’s MSN Internet division told Reuters, “Once we are ready to talk more, we’ll let you know.”

The latest player to enter this market was Yahoo, who introduced their own subscription service at prices much less than that of their competitors.

The subscription model allows users to listen to unlimited songs each month, however, a fee must be paid if they want to burn the track to a CD.






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