I saw a commercial from Napster yesterday and i was thinking..wtf.

Looks like Napster got owned by some corporate big guys

Anyways, even though its a pay thing im still not gonna pay $1 for songs and $10 US for an album. Although i wouldnt mind paying $10 a month for unlimited download/streaming. But maybe there are some strings attached to this.

http://www.napster.com/facts.html

Thoughts? Discuss?

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Store Features Napster users can: Listen to 30-second clips of all songs in the music catalog Choose what music they want to own, paying only $.99 per song and $9.95 per album Enjoy fast and easy CD burning with a drag-and-drop functionality Get detailed artist and album information Create play lists View music videos Search for music by genre, artist, track title or popularity Access over 4 decades of Billboard chart information Quickly and easily transfer music to an integrated portable device or a wide variety of other popular devices Discover and rediscover music through a powerful recommendation engine Opt out of music with Parental Advisory Labels Integrate tracks from Napster with existing MP3 collection A personal inbox for music and messages The ability to send music to friends both within and outside of the service The ability to browse other members’ music collections Premium Service For only $9.95 per month, consumers can enhance their Napster experience by choosing a premium subscription service that offers: Unlimited streaming and downloading Access to professionally programmed radio stations Message boards to share opinions and offer suggestions

lol, "message boards to share opinions and offer suggestions"... more liek "message boards for constant flaming and swearing" the last time i read a napster thread.



but i've been seeing commercials for this shit for 3 weeks now... rubbish. still waiting for a "techno / rave" ad "haha"

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yeah they got bought by Roxio I think way back when they were bankrupt from the lawsuits. They opened up like 2 or 3 weeks ago and did really bad, onyl a few hundred thousand songs sold. They got pwned by iTunes who sells like millions a week.

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Originally posted by Dmatrox Looks like Napster got owned by some corporate big guys

Yeah didnt Napster get bought out by Bertelsmann Media Corp.? or was it some other company?

oh well, i wonder how many people are going to sign up for it. Once people can get things for free, it's really hard for them to change their ways.

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Originally posted by Boomer187 yeah they got bought by Roxio I think way back when they were bankrupt from the lawsuits. They opened up like 2 or 3 weeks ago and did really bad, onyl a few hundred thousand songs sold. They got pwned by iTunes who sells like millions a week.

oh was it Roxio? i cant remember who picked Napster up.

wasn't it microsoft?

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yeah i saw the commercial

Napster we are back or somin it said! they took over napster?!! lolol i didnt know that!! the official owner better get paid for that! if that was my idea and they stole it from ME id kick them hard! lol

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Originally posted by Mebot oh was it Roxio? i cant remember who picked Napster up.

ha, roxio my ass, easy cd recorder can blow my ass.

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got it from here

"Napster, the online music download service which was recently relaunched by Roxio, is looking good."


so yeah it was roxio.