Word: napstering
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...TIME.com: So what does this mean for Napster...
...Napster we know and love is dead...
...There will still be a Napster, and you'll still be able to listen to music, but it'll be a closed system. Downloading songs onto your hard drive will theoretically be out of the question...
...Napster's ultimate dream is to be a kind of AOL, to use its brand name and market penetration to be a legitimate pay-for-play community sometime in June, with the blessing of the record companies. But the RIAA wouldn't budge; they wouldn't wait until then because they knew they didn't have to. So Napster is going to try to just limp along until summer, and hope their users are still around when they've actually got a revenue model that passes muster with the RIAA...
...Well, Napster's rivals are certainly rubbing their hands with glee, because Napster, for the next few months, doesn't have anything at all to offer. People who want to download free music won't be able to get it there, and those who would be willing to pay for it won't be able to that either, not until June...