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Napster's Learning Curve

Posted by Zonk on from the you-lose-you-learn dept.

Chabil Ha' writes "CNET News is reporting on Napter's learning curve. There are some interesting revelations about their dealings with the music industry." From the article: "We made one last effort to convince the labels that they should do a deal with us. A little-known underground product called Gnutella had just surfaced. It was a P2P file-sharing program that required no central server and no company to operate it. If the labels didn't do a deal with us, and instead put us out of business, then Gnutella and its derivatives would become unstoppable. If we worked together now we could convert the market to a paid-subscription model. If we didn't do a deal, chaos would ensue. The labels didn't believe us and didn't really understand what this Gnutella threat was."

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  1. A question for this topic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    How many justifications of piracy will be posted?

    1. Re:A question for this topic by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 1, Funny

      How many justifications of piracy will be posted?

      At least 5 :)

      (Disclaimer: I do not necessarily agree with the above manifesto, it's just an informational link, yadda yadda all rights reserved etc etc).

  2. Re:Old Napster is STILL the model... by macdaddy357 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just a minizzle. He said rapped, he meant rapped. Word to yo mutha! fo shizzle.

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    How ya like dat?
  3. Re:Pointless by TCQuad · · Score: 4, Funny

    reassembles after a while...

    Exactly what kind of jelly do you buy?