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The Nine Lives of Napster

Posted by michael on from the plz-die-thx dept.

lisa langsdorf writes "There's an interesting article on BusinessWeek.com today about Napster's race to gain greater market share in the music download business. According to a recent study, Apple has 75% of the pay for music download market, but Napster could soon gain more market share due to a new upcoming market push. BusinessWeek says: 'Napster could start to increase market share in the more profitable business of selling monthly subscriptions, where customers can listen to -- but not own -- as many songs as they want each month for $9.95. While Napster is far behind RealNetworks' Rhapsody service, AOL's MusicNet, and others, it's taking the lead again in the old Napster's stomping ground: college campuses.'"

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  1. People who pay for music are fags. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Download it for free on p2p.

  2. Re:Why Should I bother? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Why should I bother to listen to your opinion when it would be far easier for me just to kill you?

    Sure, one is illegal, but as long as I don't get caught right? And it's not like you would be losing out on much...

    Posted anon for obvious reasons.