MetaFilter posts tagged with Napster

Who did what now?

blue_beetle — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:53:46 -0800

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.

Bestest best of the web?

feelinglistless — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 09:07:58 -0800

Websites that changed the world? This Observer piece lists fifteen websites that aught to be considered the best of the web. It's a bold claim and although the potted histories are excellent, I'm wondering the extent to which it mostly includes website that have broken the public recognition barrier in the uk rather than changing the world. How many are simply pioneers in their field? Where for example is flickr?

Napster wakes up and the world has changed so much.

Effigy2000 — Mon, 01 May 2006 18:17:49 -0800

Remember Napster? Well, it's returned to its roots and is once again offering free music via a revamped ad based web-site. But according to their FAQ, you can only listen to any given song up to 5 times before you'll be asked to pay for it. Even though this equates to roughly 10 million free plays, in an age where BitTorrent is king, will this pay off for the company? Some say no, as the catches that come with this new system are just too many. But (for the moment at least) the share market is saying yes.

for educational purposes only

tsarfan — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 11:46:08 -0800

How To Hack the New Napster. Back in the day Shawn Fannings little dealie brought the world of free file sharing to the mainstream, now with the aid of Winamp and a few clever configurations, one can relive the past. via stereogum

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.

return to leave again.

the fire you left me — Wed, 29 Oct 2003 07:38:27 -0800

It's official: Napster sucks. The RIAA's newest sticky fingers wants you to download.

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?

RIAAHitList

srboisvert — Wed, 23 Jul 2003 18:05:51 -0800

The RIAA hit list. Are you sued or not? I would have thought defaultuser@kazaa would get targeted.

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?

Get that MP3, and get the boot

betobeto — Sat, 15 Feb 2003 18:36:21 -0800

Get that MP3, and get the boot In a -IMHO- patetic effort to try to stop what can't be stopped, the RIAA and MPAA are urging companies to monitor their employee's downloading habits or face suing, damages, sanctions and what have you against them. In other words, inciting companies to treat their employees as potential criminals and dispose of them accordingly. While the risks of using P2P at work such as virii and leaking of private files do have a point, this is really about the RIAA/MPAA resorting to more desperate measures each time to try to stay afloat with their jaded business model, which will do nothing but accelerate their long-forecast demise in the "real" new economy.

Copyright Laws

tljenson — Tue, 28 Jan 2003 15:13:21 -0800

Justice for Consumers "The owners of the KaZaA file-sharing network are suing the movie and recording industries, claiming that they don't understand the digital age and are monopolizing entertainment." Quote from article by Associated Press. I don't about you but I'm sick and tired of big businesses writing all the new laws in this country. Now maybe the people can get some justice for a change.

Hating Hilary.

11235813 — Thu, 23 Jan 2003 10:25:36 -0800

Hating Hilary. We've certainly heard a bit from Hilary Rosen, CEO of the RIAA. Love her, hate her or hate her more, this particular interview reveals (to me at least) a very different Hilary, a woman who is perhaps not the beast that her bosses expect her to be and the immovable technophobic distribution system and business model she represents forces her to be.

In fact, Rosen tried to steer the labels toward the online future long before they saw it coming. In the mid-'90s, Rosen brought [Esther] Dyson to a conference of music executives to brief them on how technology would transform their business. Dyson described for them the inevitability of digital delivery, an eventuality Rosen says she had begun to understand but wanted her bosses to hear from an outsider. But as Dyson spoke, the label executives became defensive, then furious. By all accounts, the meeting devolved into a shouting match.

the picture of her with an iPod says it all

"I finally convince the idiot record companies that they have to offer a product to compete with pirates, and now the publishers won't make a deal," she said, throwing up her hands. priceless.

Do I hear $2 for all of Napster's assets?

mathowie — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 12:56:52 -0800

We all knew the day would come, the time to put the "you" in P2P: Buy your own piece of Napster at their bankruptcy auction. December 11th, live and webcast, their impressive set of top o' the line (for 2001) equipment is up for grabs.

Dark Messiah — Wed, 25 Sep 2002 22:05:27 -0800

Kazaa to RIAA; "Catch us if you can!" Although I was initially skeptical, it seems as though Kazaa's decentralized system is proving to be a problem for the RIAA. With Napster, it seemed like they caved almost immediately. What I'm wondering is, does Kazaa actually have a change at establishing some sort of favourable ruling concerning file-trading / P2P? I know it's probably too early to tell, but speculation makes for great conversation some times.

XQUZYPHYR — Sat, 14 Sep 2002 22:36:14 -0800

Like it was so hard to get porno off Napster before. Well, that was quick. Spanish pornography conglomerate Private Media Group, Inc. has made a bid to take control of the now-bankrupt file-trading pioneer, in effort to created an already-branded network exclusively for trading adult material. PMG claims to have the largest library of online adult content in the world, with of course the exception of the hard drives of most 16-year-old male Napster users, hence their desire to expand their collection. Honest.

remlapm — Mon, 01 Jul 2002 14:15:26 -0800

The answer to file sharing? Woodstock Systems is Beta testing an Instant Message type music thinger. Essentially, the MP3's on your hard drive can be streamed by people on your buddy list, and vice versa. It also acts as a media player where you can play cds, streaming audio/video and mp3s in addition to ripping cds directly on to your hard drive. You can't download the MP3's though, so will any of those pesky laws that shut down Audiogalaxy and Napster apply?

HeikoH — Wed, 19 Jun 2002 08:31:08 -0800

Cloudmark SpamNet "Just like Napster allowed us to share our favorite music, Cloudmark SpamNet allows us to share the spam we receive. Individually this reported spam isn't very powerful, but the collective reports of millions of email users networked together blocks virtually all spam on the Internet."
will this put an end to spam? at least it looks like a pretty interesting solution, brought to us by the co-founder of napster, jordan ritter.

wibbler — Mon, 03 Jun 2002 06:44:12 -0800

Napster files for bankruptcy - The pioneer finally gives up the ghost. *sob*

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.

badstone — Wed, 31 Oct 2001 10:56:48 -0800

Intel Likes the Napster Way (Wired Article). So, we've had Napster, and its counterparts, and we've had all sorts of cheerleading for P2P. P2P has taken off in a big way in the way of IMing, and in a smaller way via projects like SETI@home. Now there's a major corp using it for internal practices in a big way. Are any of you seeing any interesting uses of P2P where you work?

holgate — Wed, 03 Oct 2001 09:30:59 -0800

The War Against MP3? Hilary Rosen, everyone's favourite defender of record company hegemony, outlines her new strategy ("Help me help you.") in an email leaked to FuckedCompany. Interestingly, it's aimed at beating the dastardly hackers at their own game, with tactics such as "Spoofing and/or interdiction methods for existing peer to peers". Signs of desparation on the part of the RIAA, or should people be making the most of the second-generation Napster clones while they have a chance?

Steven Den Beste — Tue, 04 Sep 2001 23:40:50 -0800

Napster is dead but the dream lives on. After two years of hard fighting, RIAA managed to kill Napster -- and now at least four comparable systems have appeared, all of which will be much harder to either control or to kill off. An RIAA rep acknowledges the problem. It couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of guys.