MetaFilter posts tagged with Music and napster

The problem with music, redux.

goodnewsfortheinsane — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 14:16:20 -0800

While Courtney pulled an Albini, Jeff handed out the bread. Are the peasants acting like emperors, or do they still want something shiny, aluminum, plastic, and digital? Debacle or cage, something's got to give (pdf). Alternatively, you can just roll your own.

Digital asse(t)s

clevershark — Mon, 10 Nov 2003 13:05:32 -0800

Think the RIAA is doing something new by threatening and suing? Think again... it's all part of a 4-step process.

The cat is back?

Ufez Jones — Sun, 26 Oct 2003 14:36:53 -0800

Napster re-launching on Wednesday as a pay-per-download service. Anyone see this coming?

iTunes 4 + iLeech = Napster

capndesign — Wed, 14 May 2003 10:16:19 -0800

iTunes 4 + iLeech = Napster. iTunes can stream songs over the internet right now. With iLeech or iTunesDL (direct download link, no info available) you can download files from other iTunes 4 users. With ShareiTunes and Spymac Music you can search for available iTunes libraries. Now you have access to hundreds of thousands of songs. Will this mean big trouble for Apple or were they planning for this?

tsarfan — Wed, 15 May 2002 11:42:34 -0800

Big Wigs at Napster Resign And here I thought they were dead long ago.

wibbler — Mon, 04 Feb 2002 11:35:38 -0800

Kazaa asks users to accept new terms and conditions when logging on. Anyone know of any hidden pitfalls to the t&c's? Am I going to get visits from the police?

deftone — Wed, 02 Jan 2002 17:32:32 -0800

The New Napster Preview is up. Will you pay for this? I won't.

rev- — Wed, 22 Aug 2001 09:12:15 -0800

Napster refuses to die, promises viable business model which you can now download for free. Someone tell these people that the dot-com "I've got no way of paying you anything other than stock options" boom is over. If I have to pay for the service of downloading software from a central server, the P2P model is useless. Morons.

harmful — Tue, 17 Jul 2001 06:57:26 -0800

Stick a fork in Napster, it's done. If court orders and kowtowing to industry mouthpieces weren't enough, a planned switch to a proprietary new music format looks to be the death blow.

mathowie — Wed, 20 Jun 2001 15:08:57 -0800

Music CDs sales are down, coinciding with Napster's decline. Personally, I haven't bought a new CD in months because I no longer have a source for finding new music (what I used Napster for mainly). I suppose word of mouth and listening to online streams may help, but nothing compared to finding songs you liked on Napster, and searching others' files with similar tastes and finding new gems. Do you think the RIAA will notice this and change, or is control of distribution more important to them?

Hankins — Wed, 16 May 2001 06:34:03 -0800

Charley Pride's Copy-protected CD hacked -- or is it? Apparently, the people involved in trying to keep the CD off Napster failed to realize they are dealing with the World Wide Web.

DiplomaticImmunity — Thu, 10 May 2001 11:01:52 -0800

Songbird is billed as a Napster anti-piracy tool. It's job is supposedly for an artist to see the many title variations of their material as documentation for copyright violations. I don't know if this is truly a thinly-veiled claim of legitimacy or whether the author is just being earnest - but because it shows what users have what variations, I'm finding it a great tool to track down songs that I couldn't find before because of Napster's filtering and not necessarily being able to think of every possible variation...Neato.

monkeyJuice — Tue, 08 May 2001 09:32:44 -0800

Could this be the straw that breaks the Camels back.

radio_mookie — Wed, 04 Apr 2001 05:37:16 -0800

Congress Hears Online Music Grievances - Alanis Morrissette said few musicians were hurt by their exposure on Napster, as the structure of recording contracts prevents all but a few from ever seeing any money from record sales. Don Henley, formerly of The Eagles, took a swipe at the recording industry as well, noting that artists have had no say in the negotiations between recording companies and Internet firms. Ted Nugent, a prominent Napster critic, was scheduled to testify but had to cancel due to scheduling conflicts.

smeat — Wed, 28 Mar 2001 00:00:42 -0800

Napster proof CDs? (Salon link, so shoot me) A new scheme for copy-protected CDs that uses errors and false data to confuse your CD-ROM drive. (more inside)

andre_111 — Fri, 23 Mar 2001 09:50:32 -0800

If you are downloading from Napster or some other service, the RIAA is tracking you. Here's a screenshot of the Recording Industry's secret weapon.

hijinx — Tue, 06 Mar 2001 10:34:23 -0800

Judge orders Napster to eliminate copyright songs. I want to see the lists of songs that the record companies must provide.

webcowboy — Tue, 06 Mar 2001 07:40:41 -0800

MP3 Translator You deserve the right to privately trade music on the Internet. Napster currently has filters set in place that look for certain words in the Artist and/or Song Title. To get around this, all you have to do is:

TNLNYC — Mon, 05 Mar 2001 15:21:28 -0800

Aimster fights back... Not sure this is legal but it looks like some people have already found a way to bypass the napster filters...

honkzilla — Mon, 26 Feb 2001 15:06:02 -0800

If Napster does die, what then? Industry Standard relays a report that investor Bertelsmann isn't just sitting there waiting for the axe to fall. They may be behind the development of their own Napster clone—Snoopster—to move in on the wide-open territory Napster leaves behind. The catch? Snoopster only searched online services, not your own files. Services like... Napster.

gi_wrighty — Mon, 26 Feb 2001 10:33:12 -0800

CD Sales down by 39%? And guess who's to blame. (Also linked in the article is the interesting stopnapster.com site.)

JFunk2800 — Wed, 21 Feb 2001 18:27:29 -0800

Napster takes first steps in trying to appease the RIAA, and specifically BMG. To me this approach is the stupidest thing Napster could have done. Who would want to pay a membership fee to use Napster if one can't even burn the files onto a cd?

delfuego — Tue, 20 Feb 2001 17:27:37 -0800

Is it just me, or does it seem ridiculous that Napster will have one billion dollars of expendable net income over the next five years that it will be able to pay to the record labels? The labels would be crazy to accept this; in a year, when Napster files for Chapter 11, the settlement would vanish.

aflakete — Mon, 29 Jan 2001 10:13:42 -0800

Napster caves. So what is the best alternative for dial-up connections?

mathowie — Mon, 22 Jan 2001 10:41:16 -0800

IBM, with the latest attempt to put the genie back in the bottle. Their fatal flaw is betting on a post-napster world, though I bet their EMMS technology gets cracked before that ever happens.