Will Legal P2P Music Distribution Succeed?

Posted by timothy on Sunday October 5, 2003 @03:05AM from the for-long-term-values-of-yes dept.

SnowWolf2003 writes "It looks like a couple of people are trying to find a way to distribute music legally over P2P networks. The latest is Mercora (with more information here). Also Napster 2.0 is due for release sometime next week. Can any of these Windows alternatives to Apple's iTunes compete though with the inherent restrictions built into the wma format? Note MusicMatch has just launched a windows based service with fewer restrictions equivalent to the iTunes policy. More importantly, can these P2P services lure enough people away from restriction free Kazaa to make themselves successful, where P2P networks rely on a large user base?"

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nspster.com by civilengineer · 2003-10-05 03:16 · Score: 0, Offtopic

If you want to follow Napster's progress, send us your e-mail There is nothing more than some animations and that input box in napster.com. Is that the real website of napster?

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