PC World - Rhapsody America on Monday began selling songs from all major labels in the MP3 format.

TechWeb - InformationWeek - RealNetworks' Music Without Limits initiative allows potential buyers to listen to complete songs for free, buy DRM-free music, and more.

NewsFactor - Rhapsody on Monday partnered with MTV Networks to launch Music Without Limits. They want to accomplish three goals in the digital-music industry: Speed the migration from proprietary formats such as Digital Rights Management (DRM) music; empower music fans to stream full-length songs and buy MP3s from music sites and social networks on the Web; and integrate digital music directly with mobile phones.

PC Magazine - After tackling cell phones, iPods, laptops, and desktops, the (RED) organization on Monday announced plans to launch an online music service that will feature original songs from participating artists.

AFP - Israeli startup PopTok on Monday began inviting people to test a free service that weaves snippets from memorable films or hot music videos into instant messages and email.

PC World - Rhapsody will sell MP3s in a new digital download store launched Monday for U.S. consumers.

AP - Cell phones are becoming more useful devices for listening to music. Verizon Wireless is introducing Rhapsody's subscription music service Monday, allowing its customers to download as much music as they want to their phones for $15 per month.

AP - "Rock Band" is ready for an encore.

CNET - To unseat iTunes as lord of digital music, challengers are falling over themselves to strip copy protections off music.

Reuters - Shares in Vodafone rose after the UK mobile operator announced a deal with News Corp's (NWSa.N) MySpace under which footage from Vodafone-sponsored music events will be made available to users of the social networking website.