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Napster Being Shut Down

helix2301 writes "Napster was one of the earliest and most popular P2P music-sharing services. After a long legal battle that saw Napster slowly gutted in the face of infringement lawsuits, it was reinvented as a legitimate music download service. The resurrected Napster is now being shut down. Rhapsody has completed its purchase of Napster and will be absorbing its subscribers and assets."

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  1. Repost by Joe+Jordan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Come on guys, this was posted 11 years ago now.

  2. Re:Without Napster we'd still be buying all CD's by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm not sure where the arrogant stoner went after the local record store closed. But if I had to guess, I would imagine he's in his Mom's basement right now listening to a post-pre-punk ska glam fusion band on vinyl and longing for the days when he could spend all day telling customers how much better his tastes were than theirs.

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  3. Re:Without Napster we'd still be buying all CD's by masternerdguy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Probably nickelback. They're good as mass production.

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  4. Re:Without Napster we'd still be buying all CD's by elrous0 · · Score: 3, Funny

    AND I contribute to my local economy.

    Buying from my local record store was only helping keep the local weed dealer in business. But to each his own.

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  5. Re:Without Napster we'd still be buying all CD's by mat+catastrophe · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you were buying albums with 1 good song for every 5 bad ones, then yes, the local store's stoner's taste is probably better than yours.

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  6. Re:Without Napster we'd still be buying all CD's by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    When in 'reality' we know that your taste is so much more hip than anyones.

    I listen to bands so niche that even they haven't heard their music.

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  7. Re:Without Napster we'd still be buying all CD's by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I listen to bands so niche that even they haven't heard their music.

    I like Beethoven too.

  8. Re:A punk snob? by Reasonable+Facsimile · · Score: 2, Funny

    How many hipsters does it take to change a light bulb?
    It's a really obscure number, and you've probably never heard of it.