All the AOL Napster users will pay it. They are dumb enough to.
Everyone else... will have the brains not to go.
Everyone else... will have the brains not to go.
pay a fee to download music off a central server? thats called emusic.com, which is soon to be another dot bomb casualty.
Napigator and others will continue to exist. Remember, napster servers are only hacked irc servers, the code is out there.
Napigator and others will continue to exist. Remember, napster servers are only hacked irc servers, the code is out there.
I believe they will still have free usage of Napster. The pay service will be for verified quality MP3s.
btw, napigator 2 , which is a tab inside your napster software (dont upgrade your napster, you'll be hating life soon when they anti-napigate it).
www.napigator.com
get version 2
it rocks.
www.napigator.com
get version 2
it rocks.
<< software that made it easy for personal computer users to locate and trade songs stored as computer files in the MP3 format, which compresses digital recordings without sacrificing quality. >>
That made me almost fall out, 'without sacrificing quality' hahahahaha. There are cd-quality mp3's but they're rare. Out of my 1900, maybe 300 are cd-quality and they're all ones I've personally ripped from CD.
dm
how can they get 1 billion!!! whoever thinks they can make that amount is nuts, let alone 1 million.
napster will not make 1 million profit let alone 1 billion, what a joke
napster will not make 1 million profit let alone 1 billion, what a joke
<< how can they get 1 billion!!! whoever thinks they can make that amount is nuts, let alone 1 million.
napster will not make 1 million profit let alone 1 billion, what a joke >>
You might be forgetting the fact that Napster paid for a FREE Limp Bizkit tour (costing them $10-15 million I believe). They have more money than most people give them credit for.
napster will not make 1 million profit let alone 1 billion, what a joke >>
You might be forgetting the fact that Napster paid for a FREE Limp Bizkit tour (costing them $10-15 million I believe). They have more money than most people give them credit for.
Does the new napster have provision for copy protection?
yes. Songs will only be playable on the machine the music was downloaded to.
Do you have the right, if paying the unlimited plan, to burn the music to cd's as many times as you want for your own custom cd collection?
nope. That would interfere with physical CD sales, of course.
Think about this, maybe you guys should make a poll.
Are you willing to pay $9/month to continue leeching from other folks who pay $9/month? With those above restrictions?
Or.
Will you turn to the dark side (which you are doing now, illegally trading mp3's) and use napigator or other software to continue trading mp3's without paying a dime, and not facing the above and other restrictions that WILL be included in the new napster?
Think about that.
Pay money, live under more restrictions, or continue what your doing now for free.
Napster needs to reconsider their business plan.
seriously.
yes. Songs will only be playable on the machine the music was downloaded to.
Do you have the right, if paying the unlimited plan, to burn the music to cd's as many times as you want for your own custom cd collection?
nope. That would interfere with physical CD sales, of course.
Think about this, maybe you guys should make a poll.
Are you willing to pay $9/month to continue leeching from other folks who pay $9/month? With those above restrictions?
Or.
Will you turn to the dark side (which you are doing now, illegally trading mp3's) and use napigator or other software to continue trading mp3's without paying a dime, and not facing the above and other restrictions that WILL be included in the new napster?
Think about that.
Pay money, live under more restrictions, or continue what your doing now for free.
Napster needs to reconsider their business plan.
seriously.
This belongs in HOT DEALS. Who would have thought Napster would pay for all our music leeching. Do they have heatware?
The press release todays states the new napster will be 128KBPS or lower!
Also, you will have to pay extra to: burn the Mp3's, download them to portable devices, or transfer to other computers!!
Also, you will have to pay extra to: burn the Mp3's, download them to portable devices, or transfer to other computers!!
how?? once i download the mp3, the cant trace whether i burn it or not...at least not by todays mp3 standards...if not pull the cable from the wall.
what's this deal with copy protection?? even if they are copy protected, you think someone isn't gonna crack it?? i agree with the napigator route myself. 
I'm willing pay for my music.
However, if there truly are restricions (ie quality, portability, etc), you can count me out, I'll use some other peer-to-peer service.
However, if there truly are restricions (ie quality, portability, etc), you can count me out, I'll use some other peer-to-peer service.
just like they can downsample dc disc, they will be able to extract audio, and all that would be needed is a new media->mp3 app.
not that im supporting piracy, but its gonna be hard to convince to pay for something when there are many ways to get it free.
not that im supporting piracy, but its gonna be hard to convince to pay for something when there are many ways to get it free.
Unfortunately, as noted at the end of the article I've read, and from what I've heard on the news this morning, these comments pretty much sum it all up:
<< Universal Music Group called Napster's offer a rehash of previous promises that have gone unfulfilled. >>
<< A week ago, a federal appeals court said the music industry almost certainly will win its lawsuit against Napster. >>
<< Gartner analyst P.J. McNealy said Napster's deal seemed conspicuously timed close to the Grammy Awards ceremony and that the offer appeared to be a public relations move more than an earnest settlement proposal. "I think it would take a small miracle to get all five labels to agree to this," he said. >>
I think this is the more likely solution of the lawsuit......Napster disappears in its current form. The lawsuit will be won by the record companies without a doubt. The only question remaining is in what form they will allow Napster to return.
<< Universal Music Group called Napster's offer a rehash of previous promises that have gone unfulfilled. >>
<< A week ago, a federal appeals court said the music industry almost certainly will win its lawsuit against Napster. >>
<< Gartner analyst P.J. McNealy said Napster's deal seemed conspicuously timed close to the Grammy Awards ceremony and that the offer appeared to be a public relations move more than an earnest settlement proposal. "I think it would take a small miracle to get all five labels to agree to this," he said. >>
I think this is the more likely solution of the lawsuit......Napster disappears in its current form. The lawsuit will be won by the record companies without a doubt. The only question remaining is in what form they will allow Napster to return.
apoppin
Lifer
Does anybody know about Emusic.com?
I just got 2 months of free downloads with my purchase of a HP rewriter (a "hot deal" of $25 after MIR for a 10x4x32).
Is there any advantage to using Emusic over Napster (other than anything I d/l is paying artists royalties)?
I just got 2 months of free downloads with my purchase of a HP rewriter (a "hot deal" of $25 after MIR for a 10x4x32).
Is there any advantage to using Emusic over Napster (other than anything I d/l is paying artists royalties)?
From what I read on the link it seems that Napster is only offering a settlement. Nothing has been settled as of yet and franky I don't think the big wigs at the major record companies will take just one billion.
<< The five largest record labels sued as soon as Napster took off, saying it could rob them of billions of dollars in profits. >>
<< The five largest record labels sued as soon as Napster took off, saying it could rob them of billions of dollars in profits. >>
dennilfloss
Past Lifer 1957-2014 In Memoriam
They've got to be kidding if they think people are going to pay for 128kb mp3's that they can't burn to a cd.
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