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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: SER on February 25, 2003, 03:30:40 PM

Title: In other news..... "Napster" is coming back
Post by: SER on February 25, 2003, 03:30:40 PM: Yay, look something other than Iraq, North Korea, French people, war.... etc

(AP) - Napster, the pioneering online music service, is getting another lease on life with the launch by year\'s end of a legal, subscription-based music business, its new owners said Monday. Roxio Inc., which bought Napster\'s name and intellectual property for $5 million at a November bankruptcy sale, said it is in discussions with the five major music labels to provide content for the online service.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030225/ap_en_mu/napster_5

I smell *FLOP*! Who needs this when we all have Kazaa? :yawn:
Title: In other news..... "Napster" is coming back
Post by: Luke on February 25, 2003, 03:45:16 PM: a day late and a dollar short.
Title: In other news..... "Napster" is coming back
Post by: SER on February 25, 2003, 03:47:36 PM: FINE! DON\'T BLAME ME FOR NOT TRYING!!!!!!

j/k ;)
Title: In other news..... "Napster" is coming back
Post by: Coredweller on February 25, 2003, 04:11:40 PM: I think he\'s talking about Napster, not your posting efforts.
Title: In other news..... "Napster" is coming back
Post by: SER on February 25, 2003, 04:14:14 PM: I knew that, really, I did. :nerd:
Title: In other news..... "Napster" is coming back
Post by: Mr. Kennedy on February 25, 2003, 04:21:53 PM: too bad I already have Kazaa
Title: In other news..... "Napster" is coming back
Post by: mm on February 25, 2003, 04:25:15 PM: bah, kazaa

don\'t you just love getting mislabeled, poorly recorded, and flat out corrupted files?

i would gladly pay a nominal fee to be able to acquire premium content quickly

you should be ashamed if you wouldnt
Title: In other news..... "Napster" is coming back
Post by: Mr. Kennedy on February 25, 2003, 04:26:45 PM: i don\'t have those problems
Title: In other news..... "Napster" is coming back
Post by: mm on February 25, 2003, 04:29:45 PM: well, i guess when yer a "super user" those problems are rare
Title: In other news..... "Napster" is coming back
Post by: Coredweller on February 25, 2003, 04:37:15 PM: The problem is that the RIAA\'s definition of "nominal fee" and any sane, rational human\'s definition are two different things. They don\'t mind selling you the MP3 at some absurd price, but even then it has to have some technology built in that prevents you from copying it... basically prevents you from taking advantage of the main thing that\'s made mp3s so useful. The ability to move it to other storage mediums, move it to a CDR you can play in your car, move it to you portable mp3 walkman... etc etc. The record companies still don\'t get it.

I can\'t wait to see what the "new" Napster\'s pricing structure will be. It will probably be a disaster.
Title: In other news..... "Napster" is coming back
Post by: luckee on February 25, 2003, 04:39:09 PM: Quote
Originally posted by mm
bah, kazaa

don\'t you just love getting mislabeled, poorly recorded, and flat out corrupted files?

i would gladly pay a nominal fee to be able to acquire premium content quickly

you should be ashamed if you wouldnt

mIRC and WinMX :)
Title: In other news..... "Napster" is coming back
Post by: SirMystiq on February 25, 2003, 06:12:33 PM: Today I have downloaded my 1000 song.
Never have I once got a corrupt file.

I love kazaa.
Title: In other news..... "Napster" is coming back
Post by: KillaX on February 25, 2003, 06:24:02 PM: I hate to say this but Copying muic has been around since you could listen and record music from a radio...I\'ll admit to doing it! were they Whining about it then.....nooooooooo....... do I have a point....YES!

:hat:ScottyJ:hat:
Title: In other news..... "Napster" is coming back
Post by: SER on February 26, 2003, 03:12:06 AM: Problem with these fee based programs are that only certain record labels will be on them. So, you really won\'t be able to get the songs you want, which sucks. :crap:
Title: In other news..... "Napster" is coming back
Post by: Mr. Kennedy on February 26, 2003, 04:31:51 AM: Quote
Originally posted by SirMystiq

Never have I once got a corrupt file.

ditto
Title: In other news..... "Napster" is coming back
Post by: Adil on February 26, 2003, 04:41:05 AM: Ausio galaxy was the best.. I wonder why kazaa people dont share as many files as they used to do on audio galaxy...
Title: In other news..... "Napster" is coming back
Post by: CHIZZY on February 26, 2003, 05:16:56 AM: the porn on kazaa is full of viruses.... not that I would know or anything..... *whistles nonchalantly....
Title: In other news..... "Napster" is coming back
Post by: THX on February 26, 2003, 05:26:37 AM: Not too sure about corrupted files but I have gotten many poorly encoded mp3s. If Napster will supply 192kbps+ mp3s made with a great codec I am more than willing to pay a monthly fee to use it. Then I\'ll have a chance to tell those "mp3s are the devil" goons (just about every college IT professor) to stop whining.

Plus it\'s nice to know artists are getting some compensation for their single works. Not a whole $17 album which only has 2-3 songs I want.

But if the service costs more than $15 monthly I\'ll stick with Kazaa.
Title: In other news..... "Napster" is coming back
Post by: fastson on February 26, 2003, 05:32:45 AM: Im a Supreme Being (1000 points or whatever) on KaZaA, how about you? ;)

mm: Get KaZaA Lite with DATView so you can preview the files before you fully download them.
Title: In other news..... "Napster" is coming back
Post by: THX on February 26, 2003, 05:37:44 AM: How do you check your points? Is that only in version 2.x?

Personally I uninstalled that one and went back to 1.7. It uses less CPU cycles and is just faster overall. I saw no real advantage in 2.x especially since it seemed to take over my processor when I was gaming.
Title: In other news..... "Napster" is coming back
Post by: SER on February 26, 2003, 02:14:22 PM: I\'m running Kazaa Lite, don\'t want to download the new one it keeps asking me to, because it works perfectly fine as it is now.
Title: In other news..... "Napster" is coming back
Post by: soundifound on February 26, 2003, 08:13:05 PM: if you want the quality rips go onto mIRC or download the files off KaZaa that were ripped by an mp3 "team" like CSR or IDX.
Title: In other news..... "Napster" is coming back
Post by: Heat on February 26, 2003, 08:15:32 PM: I\'ve got kazaa lite running 24/7 and never had a problem, I\'ve downloaded about 30GB in the last few weeks and not one problem.
Title: In other news..... "Napster" is coming back
Post by: Mr. Kennedy on February 26, 2003, 08:17:54 PM: yep, I\'d like to add that I also run Kazaa Lite, not Kazaa, but in essence its the same program but safer for your system.
Title: In other news..... "Napster" is coming back
Post by: Seed_Of_Evil on February 27, 2003, 08:42:49 AM: I don\'t know why but in kazaa, sometimes, files are totally corrupted with a sound in the middle of the song...