Napster

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Napster announces a summer discount plan:

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*****NEWS FLASH*****

Napster announced today that it's entire collection of 6,000,000 songs are now DRM free. This means that you can now purchase a digital song from Napster and use it on any mp3 player (including iPod, iPhone), burn it to a CD, or PC - or use it in any way you see fit without restriction. Napster is now the largest DRM free store (Apple has 2,000,000 DRM free songs). Click the link below and look at the section on the right of the screen listed as 'new'


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Talk to anyone about Napster and they’ll tell you about the great days when you could share music with any one in the world for free. Many will neglect to tell you that this was illegal, and ultimately led to the downfall of Napster.

What many will not tell you, or maybe not even know is that Napster still exists, and in a wholly legal way.

**The New Napster**

Napster compete for the illustrious digital download pot with the likes of Microsoft (Zune), Real (Rhapsody), Yahoo (Yahoo Music) and the phenomenal Apple iTunes (and their ubiquitous iPod). Realizing that they cannot compete directly with the likes of Apple, they created a new ‘idea’ that delivered music in a different way, and sparked a debate of renting v owing music.

Napster currently have three different and unique ways of listening to music:

1) Subscription services- where you pay a monthly fee and are able to listen to any of their three million songs as long as you continue to subscribe.
2) Standard Download – in a similar vein to Apple, users can pay a fee for each song downloaded.
3) Free music – yes you heard it – Napster gives the ability to stream free ‘low quality’ music, from their whole catalogue (with restrictions).

**Subscription Service**

The idea is simple; pay a monthly fee and gain access to Napster’s complete library of music. There are two versions: Napster Subscription ($9.99 a month) and Napster-to-go ($14.95 a month).


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