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Preview the New Napster

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the do-you-hear-what-I-hear dept.

*ZiggyP0P* writes "Napster has finally released a preview/teaser of their new business model. Seems kind of sad that so much work will be done on something that noone will use. Quite interesting the part about their own file format..."

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  1. Farking link? by agentZ · · Score: 5, Informative


    Is there a reason why the link to Napster is going through fark.com?? They don't appear to have anything to do with Napster...

  2. Translation: "hack this code" by mblase · · Score: 4, Informative
    There will be some unrestricted files in MP3 format, but when the rights holder requests it, we'll wrap their music files in a security format that defines how the file can be used.


    In other words: we've been legally required to implement a security layer on most MP3 files. But it's just a code wrapper, and if you're persistent enough, you can strip it right back off. Just don't mention our name on your "Downloads" page.