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Might be Napsters Saviour...
This might be the saviour of that Napster rental model. The problems with the rental model:

1. Lose the music when subscription finishes.
2. No guarantee that the new bands you like will be available in the rental - you may be stuck with B team acts.
3. Risk of cable style spreading, i.e. they introduce Napster premium with more music, but in reality without premium those extra tracks would be available on Napster regular. Your simply paying more for the same product.

If the copy protection can be broken then thats a good thing! Wouldn't it help Napster the same way cheap pirated Windows helped MS in developing countries?
Posted by: Nigel Johnstone   Posted on: 02/16/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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More than one way to skin a cat  Squawkbox | 02/15/05
Disproves...  rapson | 02/15/05
not really  jdahs@... | 02/15/05
While iTunes proves they will....So I guess in the long  Laff | 02/15/05
Incredible....  Hard Cider | 02/15/05
250 million reasons you're wrong  tic swayback | 02/16/05
250 million reasons he might be (partially) right  Predrag Vasic | 02/16/05
Agreed, but he's still wrong  tic swayback | 02/16/05
Nothing new...slow news day?  zijiang | 02/15/05
Everything old is new again....:)  Laff | 02/15/05
Copy Protection WILL NEVER WORK  Mectron | 02/15/05
This is what they're talking about.  Letophoro | 02/15/05
Did you read that article?  voska | 02/16/05
Yes, I did.  Letophoro | 02/16/05
Have you tried allofmp3.com?  Martin Marvinski | 02/17/05
An interesting alternative  tic swayback | 02/17/05
One more opportunity to convict criminals !  realitycheck101 | 02/15/05
Don't know how they will be caught...nor do I know if  Laff | 02/15/05
Greetings Jim, I know how they will be caught  Squawkbox | 02/16/05
Amazing how much power an organization can get  Laff | 02/16/05
Troll troll troll again  voska | 02/16/05
More tricks to block YOUR rights  mad.mutt | 02/15/05
Consumer are actually quite smart  Predrag Vasic | 02/16/05
Next step...Ban "analog out"?  toadlife | 02/15/05
Might be Napsters Saviour...  Nigel Johnstone | 02/16/05
Screws the rental business...for now  AC_MA | 02/16/05
Going after the wrong targets  tic swayback | 02/16/05
It would be next to impossible to go selectively after the right ones...  Predrag Vasic | 02/16/05
That's why they need a new business strategy  tic swayback | 02/16/05
Downloaded Songs  PillBuster | 02/16/05
Here you go  Letophoro | 02/16/05
Broken Record  Roger Ramjet | 02/16/05
I've got mine organized  voska | 02/16/05
Isn't it like $15 a month? Not owned and "IF" economic  Laff | 02/16/05
Personally I prefer Napster.  voska | 02/16/05
Hmmmm maybe it's my age, but I already know the  Laff | 02/16/05
I look at it like paying the cable bill  voska | 02/17/05
Video versus audio  tic swayback | 02/17/05
I have a dish and as far as I can tell NO...I think  Laff | 02/17/05
Multiple choice test...  gfeier | 02/16/05
DRM is lousy  RIAAsucks | 02/16/05
DISGUSTING!!!  Protector | 02/16/05
If you want fairness but be legal with little red tape use Magnatune  GreatInca | 02/16/05

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