MetaFilter posts tagged with napster and downloading

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

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

mikewas — Sun, 24 Sep 2000 14:42:20 -0800

Barenaked Ladies use ingenuity instead of lawyers to outfox Napster users. Singer Steven Page can be heard in one download telling users: "Although you thought you were downloading our new single, what you actually were downloading is an advertisement for our new album." In retrospect, it's so clever, it's obvious. We're all smacking our heads thinking, "Why didn't I think of that?" Appropriating the Napster system to recoup valuable advertising targeted to those who actually like the band is so elegant in its simplicity, and everyone but the would-be copier is satisfied. (Until they BUY the album)

harmful — Fri, 02 Jun 2000 08:15:59 -0800

The Brunching Shuttlecocks are planning to follow Metallica's lead in seeking out pirates of their MP3 music on Napster. They have different ideas about how to deal with said pirates, though.

sugarfish — Wed, 17 May 2000 12:13:54 -0800

Kid Rock starves to death-- Napster to blame. Now I understand why Metallica is so angry.

benbrown — Sat, 06 May 2000 18:19:06 -0800

Uhoh! Leggo my napster! So I just tried to load up Napster, and it told me that my connection to the server was refused. None of the people I've talked to have been able to get on either. Could this be the end of Napster? Killed in the night while nobody was watching? The site doesn't say anything, but grrrr, I want my pirated music!

hit-or-miss — Wed, 22 Mar 2000 10:34:58 -0800

And in other news, Indiana University announced today that they're developing jointly with Napster a solution to the congestion problem the MP3-sharing program can cause (which has led to Napster being blocked by campuses nationwide). Access to Napster will be reinstated on campus for a two-week period starting March 25 to test this new method. This new method will soon be made available for web developers at http://bestpath.iu.edu. Yippee. I get to download *NSync tunes again.