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A Tempting Offer

Saw an article today about Napster's new Napster-to-Go service. Now, you subscribe to Napster, and you can download music to a compatible mp3 player without playing the 99 cents per track and as long as you're still subscribed, the songs will work. To make it easier to get a compatible player, Napster is offering (to the 1st 1000 people who sign up for a year) a free iRiver 5 gig mp3 player.

Now, it's a little steep for me, but it seems like an interesting idea. All the music you want, portability, but I'm sure you can't burn to disc without paying the 99 cents. What do you think? Is this a good service? Would you pass? Would you rather rent or own your music? Personally, while I would prefer to own my music, this would certainly make it easier for me to try lots of different kinds of music. Who knows, maybe I'd find something I really liked?
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Anonymous said...

What about fair use?

They're still just taking your money. If you want to sample a variety of music why not try satelite radio. And here's the thing. I think you can even record music from the devices.

With Napster, once you cancel your subscription the music disappears. It's a rip-off, it's the RIAA trying to make more money off of unsuspecting consumers, and the whole DRM scheme is just bad news.

Ugh, sorry Zach. It sounds like a good idea, but it screams restriction all over the place.  

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