Napster 2.0

[Geoff]

I'm stealing this topic from the Kazaa thread because I'm curious. I have a (little) bit of Roxio stock and they're the company rolling out the new Napster, with a beta demo for the press the 9th of this month and a full rollout probably in mid-November. As of now it's supposed to be Pay Per Song with an "unlimited" subscription option. The song base is over 500,000 and the downloads will be burnable, etc. No prices announced yet.
Anyone going to use it? Or is the Pay For Music model just going to be here until something comes out that stumps RIAA again

[Edited on 10-3-2003 by Geoff]

[peam]

I'll continue to steal music.

[Carl Spackler]

as good as the RIAA thinks they are... there is always someone smarter and better than they are... people will always find a way to steal their music... and frankly if people steal from them i don't care, they have ripped enough people off by recent cost of CD's

[StrayRogue]

I cannot afford to pay for music that has been ripping me off for over two decades. The music industry needs to be raped just a little more first ;)

[Geoff]

Originally posted by Lady Daina
If it's reasonably priced and easy to navigate, I will probably use it. I prefer to do things 'the right way' I guess, so even if a way did come along to cheat the system after this, as long as this is affordable (and provided I could figure it out) I'd continue to use it. :)
Good point.
How cheap is cheap enough for everyone? I have to admit I've downloaded around 200 songs from the "free" servers, the majority before the big hoopla about Napster. I would have downloaded a lot more if I wasn't using dialup. Most of those I wouldn't have paid for, but maybe 15-20 I'd have paid around a buck a piece for if I knew I could then legally burn them. Am I the exception or the rule? Peam and Carl will continue to take it for free whatever the risk and I'm ambivalent about the way they feel. I agree that the music industry makes way too much $$ when it comes to CD sales but it is their property when it comes to rights.
The kind of people on this board will be the folks that make or break Napster 2.0, what will it have to offer to succede?
(Ignore the misspellings, I'm posting from work again and in a hurry.:smilegrin:)

[Geoff]

Originally posted by StrayRogue
I cannot afford to pay for music that has been ripping me off for over two decades. The music industry needs to be raped just a little more first ;)
Agreed! but when you feel you've been vindicated and are willing to pay for what you download, where will you go to pull songs legally?
Please, I'm trying to make a bunch of money here...
:smilegrin:

[StrayRogue]

Well, I still buy good CD's, good DVDs and such. I do respect some bands/artists. If the price is cheap, as it should always have been (I doubt there would have even been P2P technology if it had been so cheap), I would pay for it. I have a fast connection however, 500 000 would be gone quick.

All depends on the price.

[Bestatte]

Before the advent of computer access for the masses, we had these nifty things called "singles." They were made out of vinyl, they were round, with 2" diameter holes in the middle. On one side was one song - the song that people most often wanted to hear. On the other side was a second song by that artist, sometimes introducing something different, or crappy, or really great that turned out to be even better than the first side.

Back in those days I think I paid $1.25 - $2.00 per single. That's around 65 cents to a buck per song.

If I ever had any interest in downloading music, I probably would have no objection in paying 65 cents to a buck per song. I refuse to give in to inflation on this though. Artists and recording companies already make enough.

[Makkah]

Congratulations, Bestatte. You are officially a prick.

rht

[Trinitis]

well, personally, I've been paying their outragious CD prices for years, I don't really think We should have to pay $1 a song. Honestly.

Of course, I'm also a firm beleiver that all these "uber" jobs make people way to much money. I mean, common, a rock star makes millions, while the network admin who keeps the airport computers online so they can get too all the places they need to go only makes, what? 200k a year, tops? Its sick really.

For years I've been tired of seeing "Oh, the Dallas cowboys just hired on SuchnSuch for 4.8mil." Ugh. These people knock eachother around in full body "armor" for god sakes. Its disturbing

-Adredrin