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Napster Canada Launched

Posted by timothy on from the bare-naked-ladies-avenged dept.

PunchMonkey writes "Just days after the Napster UK launch, Napster Canada is now online. Tracks start at CDN$1.19 and albums at CDN$9.95. Interactive streaming is also available for the first time in Canada for CDN$9.95 a month. Napster is the the third online music service to be launched in Canada (following PureTracks and ArchambaultZik), not including the branded Puretracks sites Sympatico Music Store and PureTracks from Telus." (Be prepared for a trio of rejection notices if you're neither running nor spoofing IE under Windows.)

13 of 206 comments (clear)

  1. uh oh, it's the plastics! by B3ryllium · · Score: 4, Funny

    Napster used to be so cool, but now it hangs out with the plastics and makes fun of regular people.

    What happened, Napster, what happened?

  2. I got an idea by Stevyn · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm going to start my own music service selling songs downloaded off napster. I'll switch back and forth buying them from the US and Canada depending on the exchange rates. Here's how it will go:

    1. Buy songs from canada or us
    2. Sell to american's or canadians for a penny less
    3. Profit!

  3. Canadian RIAA... by mythosaz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, at least they only sue you for about $.72 on the dollar...

  4. All the Rush You can Buy! by beatleadam · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does this mean that the only available download artists are Bryan Adams, Alanis Morrisette and Barenaked Ladies while the "Classic Rock" section is filled with Rush and Gordon Lightfoot?

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  5. Re:$9.95? Used CDs still cheaper by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Fsck that.

    I want extremely exponential notes.

  6. Finally! I can legally download ... by burgburgburg · · Score: 4, Funny

    Anne Murray
    Gordon Lightfoot
    Rush
    ...
    Celine Dion
    ....
    ......
    Why do I need this again?

    1. Re:Finally! I can legally download ... by Dr+Caleb · · Score: 4, Funny
      Why do I need this again?

      Give them a ten and you can get a Nickleback.

      Thanks folks, I'll be here all week.

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  7. Odd by localhost00 · · Score: 2, Funny
    I am running the real Internet Explorer under XP, yet I still get rejected.

    Something tells me they want JS and Cookies enabled?

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  8. Browser detection? by AdrianFletcher666 · · Score: 4, Funny
    Apparently I am running Windows XP on a mac... I had no idea.
    Thank you for visiting Sympaticomusicstore.puretracks.com

    Currently our website supports Internet Explorer 5.0 and above on the
    Windows operating system (Win 98SE / ME / 2000 / XP / 2003),
    and is available to Canadian residents only.

    We value our Mac audience, however the Windows Media player for the Mac
    platform is not currently compatible with Microsoft protected audio content.
    Puretracks is currently working to make our service available to Mac users.
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    Adrian
  9. Re:Obligatory question by mrdaveb · · Score: 3, Funny

    Obligatory joke question maybe?

    All the downloads are DRMed WMA files. You can play them in Winamp in a playlist along with your Ogg files if you want to. That's about as far as Ogg 'support' goes. To convert the WMA files to Ogg, you would have to circumvent the DRM. Most likely by burning a CD then ripping it and encoding to Ogg. The sound quality would suffer.

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  10. Re:My version of the kick message by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Oh, shut up already. Other people have said this already. You think they don't know they won't get business from people who are unable to make a transaction with them? Hello? Are you stupid? Or just another karma whore?

  11. Re:Song of the piracy apologist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I will dispute you on this one point: There are only five "o"s in "I'm coooool with it."

  12. Re:Russian Napster... by Teh_monkeyCode · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm more scared of Paypal ripping me off

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