Silicon: AOL puts legal music downloading to the test

The public's willingness to pay for legal online music will be put to its biggest test this week with the launch of MusicNet on AOL.

AOL has planned this launch for more than a year, but were delayed because of concerns about immature technology and the lack of available content for online distribution, company executives said. The service will continue to evolve, but the bulk of those concerns now appear to have been met, they said.