New Napster Off To A Solid Start

Anonymous Superhero writes "From Wired magazine Napster 2.0 has a sleek design and makes exploring new music a pleasure. The most nagging problem? The confusing licensing issues. A review by Katie Dean." I haven't tried it yet - still using the iTunes store.

Ban Napster!

[Anonymous Coward]

Ban MP3s!

Ban Music!

Ban the Internet!

Ban Electricity!

I haven't tried it yet, either

[Anonymous Coward]

Still using piracy. Arrrr, matey.

i see..

[fuckfuck101]

"I haven't tried it yet - still using the iTunes store. "

that somebody has an advertising deal?

Re:monthyl liscence?

[Anonymous Coward]

Your mail box is about to get /.ed. Good work, genius.

I'm going to try it

[Anonymous Coward]

As soon as my lawyer finishes reviewing the licensing agreements and terms of use. It should only take about 5 days and cost me $10,000.

Jeez. It was so much easier in the old days. At least then it was obvious that you were breaking the law. Now you just don't know...

Black Box?

[Anonymous Coward]

A black box on the right side of the application displays the current playlist and album cover.

Black box? Looks like the reviewer was listening to Metallica [allmusic.com] or Spinal Tap [allmusic.com]

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Bah Napster!

[dark-br]

2.0 little.
2.0 late.
2.0 bad.

Re:one answer

[Llywelyn]

Yep, because I like spending all day looking for 128 kbps encoded MP3s on an unreliable connection when half of which have been sabotaged by the label or encoded by a guy with his stereo on the opposite side of the room. :p

OMFG I'm a Millionaire!

[bigwavejas]

U mean every mp3 I have is worth $1?!!

CHA-CHING , I'm a millionaire. Y-E-S!

/salute

F the RIAA

I bet I can get at least .50cents/ song at the Flea Market.

Standart /. comment...

[dark-br]

I won't even consider it until it's ($CURRENT_PRICE/2) and until the files are ($CURRENT_BITRATE*2). And until it's in (!($CURRENT_MEDIA_FORMAT)). Plus it only is going to have bands $BAD_BANDS[1]..$BAD_BANDS[134], which I don't listen too anyway.

And they should have thought of this ($DATE-(rand())) ago.

Re:monthyl liscence?

[Lussarn]

It also reports how many times you've played each track to headquarters.


I can live without that. What do they want to know next? How often I take a shit.

Re:Rock solid start...

[angst7]

Seriously... the review is written like a 10th grade book report. "I could find song X, but I couldn't find song Y. And when I tried to play song Z, it played some weird song by Loverboy. I was like OMG!!1!"

bah.

posies...

[barryfandango]

"I searched on the Posies and clicked on "Dream All Day," and the same thing happened: It played Vince Guaraldi's "Skating." Odd, and likely an inconvenience for those Posies fans."

Yeah, I talked to him and he's mighty pissed.

Re:I haven't tried it yet, either

[Bob McCown]

And HMV marks every CD they have as 'imported', and jacks up the price to $45.

Yea, but according to my currency converter, thats like $8 U.S.

Re:I haven't tried it yet, either

[Darth23]

Imported.... like all the way from the USA. lol. Maybe we could trade cheap Canadian Prescription Drugs for Cheap Music CD's.... Maybe that's what Globalization is all about.

All these paid services get some bounce

[Anonymous Coward]

from all their marketing dollars and it's also quite easy to grab a bit of free publicity since the issue is a hot topic in large part because of the RIAA's audacity. So, no surprise the early numbers look good.
But the longer tern is another story. Are these paid services really offering a good value? That depends how you look at it.
Personally, I don't believe a dollar a song is a good deal at all. I'd say the few cents that are supposed to go to the artists in royalties are a fair deal, but anything more than that is simply corporate charity that I don't care to contribute to.
There are still countries in this world where non commercial exchange of data is beyond the realm of copyright and in time the advance of the lifestyles of those people beyond those countries that enslave themselves to corporate masters under the bondage of copyright will make the point clear. How amusing it will be if Russia returns to the Soviet system, but this time it is the West that looks longingly towards the untold luxuries that even the common citizen might enjoy.

Honeymoons don't last forever

[groomed]

Look, I can appreciate how thrilling it must be to all the nouveau-Appleians to finally have a computer that does what you want, but by now I've gotten fairly fed up with the non-stop gushing on Slashdot. It's gotten to the point that I'm waiting for the headline "Steve Jobs Takes Shit, Finds Gold Nugget".

To some of us, none of this stuff is new, you see. We've always chosen our computers based on our needs and interests of the moment, rather than going by some company or market diktat, and as a result our computers have always done pretty much what we want, seamlessly and flawlessly. Back in the day we have all had our love affairs with Sinclairs, Tandys, Macs, Acorns, Amigas, Ataris, BeBoxes -- until one day the man with the axe came and obliterated our dreams. So we moved on.

So I know what it's like to be in love. The sky seems a little bit bluer, the sun a little bit brighter, and the hormonal imbalance makes that you don't even notice when you stub your toe on the table leg. And its okay to bore your friends to death with tales about how pretty she is, and flawless, and how her shit doesn't stink. That's what friends are for.

But please. Guys. I really just don't want to see you get hurt when she dumps you for some other target demographic.

Half arsed Napster 2.0 rundown

[adpowers]

Personally, I am a fan of Eugene's Half arsed Napster 2.0 rundown [appleinsider.com] over at the Apple Insider message board.

Re:Rock solid start...

[NaugaHunter]

I wonder if they cut the part where it went 'Beep beep beep' and ate her paper.

Re:I haven't tried it yet, either

[Anonymous Coward]

You little Canadians are so cute when you're mad.