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Napster Sells 5 Million Songs

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the will-they-be-here-a-year-from-now dept.

mattmcal writes "CNet reports that Napster has already sold 5 million songs. The number is impressive despite lagging behind Apple which maintains a 56% market share according to SiliconValley.com. The integration with portable devices must play a key role in the download volume which Apple has also developed for the mini iPod."

13 of 340 comments (clear)

  1. Napster by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Napster. What is that all about? Is it good, or is it whack?

  2. Re:Imagine how many songs if HP would have stayed? by Turd+Rippleton · · Score: 3, Funny


    yeah... I'm sure HP is kicking themselves for joining apple instead.

    ~Turd

  3. More importnaly.... by Chris_Stankowitz · · Score: 5, Funny
    Are these 5 million indivually-packaged 99 cent songs, or are they including songs shipped out under subscription plans as "sales?"

    More importanly, how many of these songs *don't* suck!


    Yes, this is Humor!

  4. Well we know that... by physicsboy500 · · Score: 3, Funny

    You'll never shut down the real napster!

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  5. Re:purchase songs? by TedCheshireAcad · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because all that Pepsi *really* makes me have to pee.

  6. The question is... by nathanhart · · Score: 3, Funny

    The question is, how many people bought the 90 seconds of silence for $.99 track off Napster aswell

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  7. Re:Mod parent down! He stole my post! by leifm · · Score: 1, Funny

    How's that when his post is timestamped 6 minutes earlier than yours?

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  8. Apple Market Share by zomper514 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I never thought I would see the words apple and 56% market share in the same sentence.

  9. Re:'Moo Kore 2004' is a lying scumbag by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The Neo Trolling Groups welcomes you!

  10. Music By the Pound by AtariAmarok · · Score: 2, Funny

    This reminds me of an episode of the dear departed Drew Carey show. Lewis had just returned from a discount music store, "Music by the Pound" that sold those really deep-discounr CDs no one wants.

    "I got the shopping cart, got a few pounds of rock, a few pounds of classical...."

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  11. Re:That is theft. downloading is not by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    >>Taking this a huge step further, how would you >>feel if someone picked up some of your DNA >>(perhaps you left a hair follicle behind) and >>cloned you without your permission?

    I can clone myself now? Awesome! Finally, somebody to watch original Star Trek marathons with!

  12. my preciousss POST! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    they STOLE my preciousss post, yes they did. Those filthy filthy thieves, sneaksy trollses and moderatorses. They STOLE it!

  13. Loudness wars by AtariAmarok · · Score: 2, Funny

    They showed how a Celine Dion CD is now louder then a Van Halen cd released in the late 80's because the average "loudness" has been increased so much between then and now.... I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."

    If the CD's get any louder, the next global war will be fought with Styx and 'Stones.

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