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Cringely Tries Snapster 2.0

Posted by michael on from the can't-blame-a-man-for-trying dept.

Fungii writes "Following up from this story last week, here is an update on Cringely's site about the snapster idea. He writes about some of the more interesting reader responses to the idea. Raises some interesting questions."

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  1. Waittaminute by Jonsey · · Score: 3, Funny

    So... he's writing... about what we said, when he wrote to us... about what he said?

    1.) Write Article
    2.) Get Feedback
    3.) Write Article
    .....

    Ow. I think I've gone cross-eyed. : )

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  2. Re:So like a huge communally owned multi-disk chan by Kiaser+Zohsay · · Score: 3, Funny

    You would always be walking a fine line between providing a useful service that is cheaper than outright ownership, and annoying people with a busy signal. Plus, as you bought more copies, the cost would go up.

    This is where Cringley's dividend kicks in. One penny per download goes back to the physical owner of a CD. When a CD gets popular, somebody will

    1) notice
    2) go buy one (or several)
    3) put it in the archive
    4) Profit!

    Wait a minute, there's not ??? here! I must have missed something!

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