The Mashboxx client connects to the major filesharing networks (no specifics), and recognizes songs that are authorized for trade, monetization or blocking. Thus, a search for your favorite artist will return authorized free songs and (more likely) paid downloads. All other content is filtered.
Paid downloads will cost $0.99 per song. Mashboxx offers a “try before you buy” mechanism to check out songs before you decide to buy. You have the option to preview the full song 5 times, after that previewing is limited to 30 seconds.
And the DRM? If you decide to buy/download a song, you have the right to copy it to 5 other pc’s, and burned onto CD up to seven times. Copying the songs to windows media compatible portable players is unlimited.
