Indie ear candy

eMusic, whose catalog includes 3.5 million DRM-free tracks and audio books, went live in Canada this week.

"We are excited to introduce the most diverse catalogue of independent music in the world to Canadian music fans," gushed president and CEO David Pakman.

eMusic launched Stateside in 1998, in Europe in '06 and in Asia in '07. It recently — and quite adamantly — contested USA Today findings that Amazon was the No. 2 online music retailer.