Notorious online file swapping service napster plans to make it's official legal return sometime in November since it was forced offline after a lengthy court battle. The company plans to launch a monthly subscription service and a individual download service.
Do you think it will be a success?
Would you consider subscribing?
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,31500-12816196,00.html
alchresearch
02-11-2003, 09:18
Doomed to failure. When Apple release the "itunes" service in the UK I think that will be a roaring success.
A couple of months ago they had something like their 10 millionth legal download, after just operating for a few months and only catering for Apple Macs - a 5% share in the computer market.
Originally posted by alchresearch
Doomed to failure. When Apple release the "itunes" service in the UK I think that will be a roaring success.
A couple of months ago they had something like their 10 millionth legal download, after just operating for a few months and only catering for Apple Macs - a 5% share in the computer market.
You could be right.
Look here (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/031108/80/ededd.html)
Originally posted by Lickszz
Notorious online file swapping service napster plans to make it's official legal return sometime in November since it was forced offline after a lengthy court battle. The company plans to launch a monthly subscription service and a individual download service.
Do you think it will be a success?
Would you consider subscribing?
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,31500-12816196,00.html
It's already back. Can't see it catching on though, why pay when you can use Kazaa ;)
alchresearch
09-11-2003, 15:38
Originally posted by Sidla
It's already back. Can't see it catching on though, why pay when you can use Kazaa ;)
Or WinMx or Ghost-whatsisname etc. etc.
Originally posted by Sidla
why pay when you can use Kazaa ;)
Do you think the likes of Kazaa and WinMX will be around forever though?
I've been told that there is an increasing number of MP3's downloaded from Kazaa that are spoilt by screeching part way through the track.
kazaa may not be around forever but it will be replaced by something similar. I've had no problems with files I've downloaded from Kazaa although you do have to be careful as there are many viruses floating around.
Napster has a good name so it may take off again but the general public are getting allot wiser these days and are finding cheaper alternatives.
fnkysknky
10-11-2003, 12:06
Originally posted by Lickszz
Do you think the likes of Kazaa and WinMX will be around forever though?
I've been told that there is an increasing number of MP3's downloaded from Kazaa that are spoilt by screeching part way through the track.
Most people tend to delete incomplete/corrupt tracks though so it's never going to be that much of a problem.
alchresearch
10-11-2003, 21:08
Originally posted by Lickszz
I've been told that there is an increasing number of MP3's downloaded from Kazaa that are spoilt by screeching part way through the track.
True, but mainly only on new releases. After a bit of trial and error it's very easy to spot the false tracks.
There was something interesting on The Register (http://www.theregister.com/) about how most of the 99c cost of Apple's itunes service is given to the RIAA.