Word: napstering
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...money from the millions of visitors it attracts every day. But just before inking the deal with Google, the San Bruno, Calif.-based startup signed licensing and distribution deals with CBS, Universal and Sony. That, YouTube hopes, will help keep the upstart from suffering the painful demise that hit Napster, which couldn't successfully parlay its huge Web audience into a profitable, legal social network...
...between 2,000 and 4,000 songs, depending on where you got them. It's compatible with the Windows Media all-you-can-eat subscription plan; for a flat fee of around $15 per month, you can download enough songs to fill it up. I tested the player with Napster To Go, and I'm happy to report that everything went smoothly. You can also use Rhapsody (a trial edition comes in the box), Yahoo or MTV's new Urge service, all of which have similar subscription plans. You can't use iTunes-purchased music, of course, though...
...When that Napster guy came up across, it was like 'Everybody's gettin' music for free.' I was like, 'Well, why not? It ain't worth nothing anyway.'" BOB DYLAN, singer-songwriter, in a Rolling Stone interview, in which he praises records and says CD sound quality is "atrocious" Dylan's new album, Modern Times, comes out this week
...When that Napster guy came up across, it was like, 'Everybody's gettin' music for free.' I was like, 'Well, why not? It ain't worth nothing anyway.'" --BOB DYLAN, singer-songwriter, in a Rolling Stone interview in which he praises records and says CDs' sound quality is "atrocious." Dylan's new album, Modern Times, comes out this week...
...trouble is, XM radio, when heard up close through headphones, sounds pretty bad. You can bookmark tracks, and buy better-quality versions from Napster for 99 cents each, but where's the fun in paying? Besides, like their predecessors, these devices were designed by XM, not Samsung or Pioneer, and the result is a poor user interface. Just because you've located a song doesn't mean you can instantly play it, for example...