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Business Models: Napster to Go vs. iPod

Posted by timothy on from the oh-just-as-long-as-you-keep-paying-us dept.

CNet offers an interesting comparison between Napster to Go and iTunes. For $15 a month, Napster to Go offers over 1 million songs (access to which lasts as long as subscription is valid), while songs for iPod must be purchased and last 'forever' (but it takes about $10,000 to fill an iPod). Is Napster to Go the future of digital music distribution? Would moving to an all-you-can-eat model hurt iPod business and balance the power among authors, studios, hardware makers and consumers?" It might take $10,000 to fill an iPod with songs downloaded from iTunes or with music converted to MP3 from newly purchased CDs, but there's a lot of downloadable and legit free music out there, not to mention Griffin's RadioShark.

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  1. Right.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Is Napster to Go the future of digital music distribution?"

    No, FTP servers and underground P2P are. Morons.

  2. Re:The thing no one ever seems to mention by daeley · · Score: 5, Funny

    They are 90% they are CD players.

    Looks like yours skipped. ;)

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  3. Re:You can fill it for free. by daveschroeder · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ah, slashdot.

    Where the "screw and subvert legitimate businesses and content owners at all costs" attitude is considered "Insightful".