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Napster Strikes Deal With GWU

Posted by timothy on from the sleepytime dept.

ParticleMan911 writes "In an attempt to thwart illegal music downloads, GWU has struck a deal with Napster to allow every student living on campus a free subscription to Napster's streaming audio service. Every one of the 700,000 songs on Napster will be available to stream on each students' computer. GWU is not disclosing how much the streaming service, available to all users at $9.95/Month, is costing them, but the first year trial of the service has been donated by an anonymous donor. Will this method help get rid of illegal music downloads, or simply be a handy tool to use while your real mp3s are downloading?"

10 of 234 comments (clear)

  1. gwu/linux? by Ohreally_factor · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can't be bothered to RTFA. What's a gwu?

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    1. Re:gwu/linux? by bennomatic · · Score: 2, Funny

      Duh! Our President, George W. Ush!

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    2. Re:gwu/linux? by maskedbishounen · · Score: 5, Funny

      It is very dark...

      You are likely to be eaten by a Gwu. ...wait...

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    3. Re:gwu/linux? by DarkHelmet · · Score: 2, Funny

      GWU is NOT Unix.

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    4. Re:gwu/linux? by tim_mathews · · Score: 2, Funny

      Shouldn't that be GWU was Unix?

  2. Re:One in the same by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    dude, DRM is not security through obscurity. its security through "you don't have an electron microscope to read the bits of the private hardware crypto key!"

  3. Am I the only one who misread the title? by Airw0lf · · Score: 2, Funny

    For a minute there I thought Napster had struck a deal with GNU!

  4. Circular Acronymns - GWU stands for... by GreenHairedDave · · Score: 2, Funny

    GWU is Without Unix!

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  5. Re:One in the same by topynate · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pretty fucking obscure though, isn't it?

  6. Re:Well THAT's a silly question. by Drooling+Iguana · · Score: 2, Funny

    -bash: rm-: command not found.

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