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- peaceninja, on 01/08/2008, -2/+25well it's almost come full circle, napster may actually be worth using again...
- shadyacres, on 01/08/2008, -2/+25The year 2000 called, it wants Napster back.
- kazzyD, on 01/08/2008, -2/+24It looks like 2008 could be the year for DRM-free:
http://www.techconsumer.com/2008/01/07/get-ready-f ... - 89vision, on 01/08/2008, -0/+152001 all over again.
- BigJStudd, on 01/08/2008, -4/+18I'm not trying to rain on their parade, but seriously, where has Napster been? Instead of having fought for any of these rights, they rolled over and tried to make us swallow the DRM garbage and now we are supposed to forgive them and start using their service because their masters loosened the chain a bit?
I agree with the guy above - 2000 called and it wants Napster back. - inactive, on 01/08/2008, -2/+12Well, we got rid of the DRM.
Next: The RIAA - Jerky1312, on 01/08/2008, -0/+8Stating "who still uses Napster?" isn't being witty either.
- lucidguru, on 01/08/2008, -0/+7As a Napster subscriber I was already in the practice of converting the WMAs I downloaded to MP3s... I'm glad I'll be saved the hassle in the future. Unfortunately they still lack a lot of artists I want to hear and I don't see that changing anytime soon. The service will still be mediocre at best.
- inactive, on 01/08/2008, -0/+6except we have to pay for mp3's this time.
- fkr3, on 01/08/2008, -3/+9Not everything in your life can be free. For further information just ask whoever's paying for your food, rent, computer, internet connection, the clothes on your back and everything else in your life. The general rule of thumb is if you can't produce or provide it yourself you pay someone who can, and entertainment's no different.
- cawpin, on 01/08/2008, -0/+5Ditto on everything you just said including Metallica. They road the train of underground music trading to the top and then turned their backs on it. Oh the fond memories of sitting in the computer lab of ME244 at 9 pm logged into a whole line of systems each downloading away on 20-30 tracks at a time.
- law1ess, on 01/08/2008, -0/+4Lars Ulrich is going to have a tittie attack when he hears about this!
- lolwutpear, on 01/08/2008, -1/+5Wow, when did Digg become anti-piracy?
- CaptainAO, on 01/08/2008, -1/+5Awesome, the less DRM in the world the better. :)
- smizacks02, on 01/08/2008, -1/+5Oh definitely. There's so much talk going on of major companies distributing DRM-free tracks (when will Sony?)
Napster will definitely gain a substantial edge and make millions of people happy - fkr3, on 01/08/2008, -3/+6Uhhh ... yeah this is of real significance to humanity and will be a lesson for generations to come.... because you being able to play your music on any device is right up there with oppression and trampling on human rights and whatnot.
- fkr3, on 01/08/2008, -3/+6Ya, but see, there's this thing called illegal. And there's a growing move by the copyright holders to sue people who use it to take their stuff. And there's a growing move by the copyright holders to have your ISP prevent you taking stuff. And there's a growing move by the copyright holders to have web hosts not host the sites that facilitate taking stuff. And to bring about harsher penalties in your countries.
And all you've got in your favour ultimately is a small group of people who feel the risk of enabling your piracy is worth the revenue they can make off piracy. - jpmoney03, on 01/08/2008, -0/+2I do.
- astrotrain, on 01/08/2008, -0/+2Where is my size 13 steel toes and my Flux Capacitor, Lars should have been kicked square up his ass years ago.
- astrotrain, on 01/08/2008, -0/+2** and queue the Hillside Singers **
"I'd like to buy a world a tune, thats encoded in mp3... its sounding good @ 320 kbps... and its drm free...." - inactive, on 01/08/2008, -0/+2I only wish I could go back in time and smash every bootleg Medirtica cassette before it could be traded and then see how Medirtica would do. What I feel for them, Lars in particular, borders on hate.
It is sad that they are not utterly shunned. - mayan, on 01/08/2008, -4/+6Napster was so awesome back in the day. I have fond memories of just sitting around in the dorm room with my buddies thinking of cool songs from the 90's to download (in mere minutes) - after all someone had to have it SOMEWHERE. Probably half of my current music collection came from those times.
Then came the crackdown (and I still blame Metallica to this day) . And then suddenly Napster's back ... with a subscription model and DRM? While they were struggling trying to convince people to rent their music, I discovered the wonderful world of torrents and the underground caverns of IRC bots. So now that Napster's subscriber base has dwindled to about 14 people they drop DRM and hope that we'll come running back into their arms, aching and hoping for the glorious days we had 8 years ago.
Yeah right. Full album torrents please, and if I really enjoy it I'll actually buy the CD. Imagine that ... - inactive, on 01/08/2008, -0/+2Amazon started the trend and before long they'll all be un-DRMed. Eventually they will all "get it" that they should make these tracks VERY cheap and completely DRM-free.
- HisShadow, on 01/08/2008, -0/+2You can all thank Steve Jobs for this.
And any service that started out with some Microsoft garbage format keyed to specifically exclude 75% of your target market (iPod users) was dead in the water. - fritzbrown, on 01/08/2008, -0/+2As I remember it Napster fought Metallica, Dr. Dre, Madonna, RIAA, major record labels and I believe Shawn Fanning appeared before Congress during hearings on the matter. Court orders shut it down more than once and eventually led to bankruptcy.
I don't use the service in it's current form but I give the original Napster some credit being a pioneer. - 3rdragon, on 01/08/2008, -0/+2I never cared about napster in the first place....although I was the exception at the time. But I care for it even less now as I'm sure the people who used it feel.
- ahhell, on 01/08/2008, -2/+4Who cares! Napster stopped being relevant back in the 90s.
- fkr3, on 01/08/2008, -1/+3It didn't, most people dislike me for my anti-piracy stance. I comfort myself by making lots of money and being able to afford 99c for music without breaking a sweat.
- manageMyRights, on 01/08/2008, -1/+3Actually 1982 was that year, since every music label released their entire library on CD without DRM.
- RaiderWolf, on 01/08/2008, -0/+2The problem there is that OGG and FLAC won't play on an PSP, a CD player, or MP3 players, or Set-top DVD players, or iPods, or car stereos...
You get the idea. - RaiderWolf, on 01/08/2008, -0/+2Except you don't HAVE TO do anything.
- cawpin, on 01/08/2008, -0/+2Fairplay4WM
You have to do it fairly quickly as they keep changing the DRM. I have a bunch of WMAs right now that I need to convert for my mom, converted her to Ubuntu, but can't since they've changed the DRM since she downloaded the tracks. I can't redownload everything. Does anybody happen to have a copy of Virtuosa 5.0? I need the first release of it because it apparently ignores DRM on WMAs and allows you to convert them to MP3 without problem. They rereleased a fixed version later that doesn't do so. - astrotrain, on 01/08/2008, -1/+2Too late... they made their DRM bed... now they have to lay in it. Plus all the money Napster (and their buddy Best Buy makes) goes on to supporting pr0n since its run by "Private Media Group" which specializes in the adult film industry (and I'm not talking on Golden Pond).
- inactive, on 01/08/2008, -0/+1meh
- lucas22, on 02/05/2008, -0/+1Back to the future? Great Scott!!!
- BigJStudd, on 01/08/2008, -0/+1Right - and that subscription model has made them the envy of the world, trouncing iTunes and..
Oh wait - it hasn't. And you know, I will even tell you why. They were trying to make a business model to appease their masters who sued them out of existence, instead of trying to make a business model that would be helpful for the users. - doshindude, on 01/08/2008, -0/+1I miss those days.......back in the days of Windows 2000......
- mavroprovato, on 01/08/2008, -0/+1Where is my size 13 steel toes and my Flux Capacitor, Lars should have swapped places in the bus with Cliff 20+ years ago
- warlokaz2004, on 01/08/2008, -0/+1I just cancelled my Napster Sub -- the recent 'upgrade' made it into a ***** web browser wannabe, mixed in with them charging 12.95/month. I already pay 12.95 a month for my XM radio, I don't need 2 charges. thanks but no thanks.
- lucidguru, on 01/08/2008, -0/+1I use soundtaxi... http://www.soundtaxi.info/ ... It keeps the bitrate high and is still working just fine for me right now. I only have the standard version and not the new professional version so I can't speak for speed, but the professional version is supposed to be much faster.
- mikedoth, on 01/08/2008, -0/+1They had a descent selection, but only if they add Linux support on their front end app.
- Darph.Bobo, on 01/09/2008, -0/+1Sorry, but after careful consideration, I have to add another F in Finance.
- Darph.Bobo, on 01/09/2008, -0/+1That's pretty clever except...it's WRONG!
Napster is doing everything except making money.
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=NAPS
You get an F in both analogies and wit. - RaiderWolf, on 01/08/2008, -0/+1I'd like to think so but I'm the type of person that pretty much has all the new music. In the past when I've tried going legit, I always hit a brick wall. iTunes, Napster, eMusic and the others simply don't have some of the obscure songs I'm looking for.
The original Napster had ANY song I would search for. If Napster would go become as big as it once was, I'd be willing to give it another try. - Wander2000, on 01/09/2008, -0/+1Napster = American Gangster
Both were known for their illegal things early in their careers, then made lots of money going straight. - Rapter09, on 01/08/2008, -0/+1"I'm in a huge amount of trouble, financially and legally (however backwards the law may be), and must defend myself" does not equal "fought"
- mahdaeng, on 01/08/2008, -0/+1I'm still looking for a web site with an ascent selection.
- TheSpook, on 01/09/2008, -0/+1> The service will still be mediocre at best.
Curious - so why do you subscribe? - daridave, on 01/08/2008, -1/+1Welc8me change!? . OK, that might have sucked... but seriously though, it's looking like it. More and more companies are dropping it, big names in the mix, plus here in Canada the GRC (FBI equivalent, we could say) announced about a month or two ago that they STOPPED caring about illegal downloads and it's now out of their radar; I'm mentioning it because IMO it fuels the fact that putting DRM in digital downloads is crap and will forever be compromised; so yeah... 2008 sounds interesting...
- lee78221, on 05/24/2008, -0/+0So do I(I just signed up for a years subscription)
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