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Audiogalaxy Returns as Pay Service

Posted by michael on from the building-a-worse-mousetrap dept.

Triv writes "I just got an email from Audiogalaxy explaining how they have come back from the dead as a subscription service, labelled as Rhapsody."

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  1. Why bother? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Usenet has *much* better quality of music, complete albums, .nfo files, cover scans, and it's not hard to get a request posted.

    Fucking pay services. Course, try explaining to some asshole coworker how to use GrabIt -- despite being easy as poop, they'll never get it.

  2. Erm, its a streaming service by joebp · · Score: 5, Informative
    5. Can I download MP3s?
    No. Rhapsody is a streaming-only service and does not offer MP3 downloads.
    So, I'm paying $10 a month for no tangible product?

    Woo, come here Microsoft, I want to rent a new OS!

    1. Re:Erm, its a streaming service by moonbender · · Score: 3, Informative

      You can record anything you hear. There's always analogue recording as a last resort, but I doubt they'll manage to keep out programs like Total Recorder.

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  3. Re:audiogalaxy screwed me over by jacobito · · Score: 5, Informative

    What is to prevent somebody from releasing some open source software that is a clone of AG?

    Actually, the Open AGS project is working on an open source Audiogalaxy server. I believe that all they have right now is a design document, but I wish them luck, and look forward to their results.