I've used emusic for several years and have found no drawbacks to date. Several times I have thought I had found all the music that was of interest and more would be added. Some tracks do not download properly on occasion but there is a way one can try again at no additional cost. If a track is inadvertantly deleted it can also be downloaded again without additional cost. There are a lot of recordings available that are mentioned on Mudcat. One instance is a recording by Karen Dalton who is the subject of another thread and there many different artists singing Raglan Road. I believe there is also a recording by Rick Fielding. As far as I know emusic pays for the recordings listed but the cost is certainly reasonable for the consumer and the selection meets my needs. I do also buy CDs and have bought CDs of artists found on emusic when a sampling indicated I would like to have the complete CD.