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The Nine Lives of Napster

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. 4th post bitches by Neotrantor · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ah ah

  2. Napstser's nine lives? by e-Motion · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Hmm, sounds like a motto for catster, dogster's competitor

  3. Xbox approach by NeoTheOne · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    yea just keep throwing money at it and it can be successful. They keep doing these things were colleges buy it for their students and such. Screw that, my costs are high enough as it is and I really dont give a flying fuzz about helping the RIAA out. They can kiss my ass and keep their music.

  4. Who cares about online music by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...they found water on Mars

  5. are you ready... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Back to funk, swipe the funk, freak the funk
    Hype the funk, and all that junk

    Back to funk, swipe the funk, freak the funk
    Hype the funk, and all that junk

    Y'all ready?

    Check the technique...see if you can follow it.

    hit it / and i need competition.

    What channel? What station?

  6. What amazes me... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is how a story like this generated over 800 comments, yet discovering life on mars apparently isn't that important to Slashdot.

    1. Re:What amazes me... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      is that ur an asshole, this story has 88 comments

    2. Re:What amazes me... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Mod this troll down you crack smoking cock knockers. Life wasn't discovered on Mars today. Goodness.

  7. Yawn... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    try again.