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Napster Clawing Back
D Anderson n'Swaart writes: "As the BBC reports in this article, Napster is set to return shortly, as a subscription-based sharing service, a concept facing a less-than-rosy future. The report gives a brief history of Napster, and the current state of the various lawsuits that were brought against it. The briefs: Napster is going to have to fork over a total of around $36M USD, $10M of which is downpayment on future royalties." And whatAnotherAolUser writes that the company "agreed to pay $26 million to settle a copyright lawsuit with songwriters and music publishers, and to make royalty payments to the writers and publishers once it started a fee-based service." Guess it depends where you start counting.
Wow, the mension of Napster brings back all the nostalgia of the dot com era... NYC skyline has changed since then... time passes.
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Now some semi-popular music has merit. There are (thankfully!) still alternative bands out there like Radiohead and Tool that are really pushing the boundaries of modern music, and I heartily recommend picking up a copy of Kid A or Lateralus, or at the very least trying to borrow a copy from somebody. If you were born and raised on the likes Beethoven or Bach it probably won't be much to your tastes, but at least your IQ won't drop a point every time you hear the same recycled single.