Napster is now free... kinda
The big news of the day regarding your local digital music purveyor is that Napster has announced that it is now free. Sort of. After you register for an account you can listen to any of their 2 million tracks (in their entirety) five times, the sixth time you are prompted to either buy the track or subscribe to Napster.
I think this is a brilliant move on Napster's part, though I doubt it will really help them that much. However, I do hope that this forces the iTunes Music Store to do something similar (those 30 second clips just don't cut it).
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The big news of the day regarding your local digital music purveyor is that Napster has announced that it is now free. Sort of. After you...
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If Napster is able to handle the additional traffic without a hitch, this could be huge for them - in terms of additional advertising revenue and maybe even purchases.
Think of YouTube - Napster is trying out a piece of their model. The sharing of music links across platforms will definitely drive up traffic to Nap. The only problem is that Nap requires you to register to just listen to the music - unlike YouTube.
Folks, "Napter" is misspelled in the title...
May 01 2006 at 9:23 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyUS only at the moment.
poo.
It works in Firefox on the Mac...but no joy in Camino or Safari. Also note that not *all* songs can be played for free (full length.)
May 01 2006 at 8:41 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYeah, It'd be nice if it worked... the player comes up and stays at 0:00
May 01 2006 at 8:28 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySecond Post! Erm... How do you make it play? The player comesup but sticks at 0:00...
May 01 2006 at 8:26 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyFirst post! Erm... Napster :)
May 01 2006 at 8:16 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHot Apps on TUAW
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