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Bertelsmann Looking At Pulling Plug On Napster

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the deader-then-a-door-nail dept.

azaroth42 writes "The end of Napster has finally come according to the Guardian as German group Bertelsmann pull the plug on the already 'past its use by date' music service. And the same story on CNN."

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  1. PTBP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Pulling The Butt Plug

  2. First post?!?!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    In that case, I'd like to ask you a related question. Now, don't get me wrong, I don't want to fuck my mother but I do dearly want to hide my salami in my hot 16-year old sister. The problem is that I am a 24-year old virgin and, in spite of being quite a neighbourhood slut, she's probably not too keen on having an incestious relationship with her brother. We both still live with our parents, so that's another complication. How would you suggest I approach her and get her consent?

    Thanks.

  3. Right tool by Hemos+(editor) · · Score: -1, Troll

    I know a bunch of people are pissed about MP3 and its licensing and so forth. I think it's a valid complaint. After all, I'm a long-time ex-Windows user, so I know what it's like to get frustrated with the people who make your software.

    But when it comes right down to it, you have to choose the right tool for the right job. A lot of times, at client sites where I'd rather use Linux or BSD/OS, I have to go with Win2k, just because the required featureset (ASP, database connectivity, CGI) demands IIS. I think we need to recognize that MP3 is an established and important technology for digital music. Would it be nice if it were all public domain, or GPLed? Of course. But you can't always get what you want, and in this case we have to settle for MP3 with the knowledge that it is truly the appropriate tool for the job at hand.