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Napster gunning for iTunes with DRM-free music: Napster gunning for iTunes with DRM-free musiciTMS already sells DRM free songsThey cost no more than the DRM version either. The problem is the labels, not Apple. BTW, Napster is about 5 dollars from bankruptcy. This is a pore squirming animal in the last throws of death. Watch it wiggle...; Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, Napster.com, Napster Inc., DRM-Free Music, Apple iTunes, digital-rights management; Discussion threads 2008-05-21
Napster gunning for iTunes with DRM-free music: Does Apple have a Kick Me sign on their back or something? First Netflix fires a major shot over the bow of the Apple TV with their new Netflix Player set-top box, now Napster is going after iTunes with a new DRM-free music service. "We're...; Tags: Digital-rights Management, Apple Inc., MP3, Apple iTunes, Music, Napster Inc., Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Digital Music, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-05-21
Most popular music download services: iTunes, Napster: iTunes usage increased significantly, to 24% past-30-day-usage among total US downloaders, up from 18% in 2006, according to Ipsos. An emerging majority (50% of downloaders aware of more than one site) consider iTunes the best fee-based digital music service (up from 41% in 2006 and 33% in 2005). Second-place Napster...; Tags: Apple iTunes, Napster Inc., Music Download, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, NB; Blog posts 2008-04-12
SlavaNap (exe): SlavaNap is a file-sharing server application not a client for Napster-compatible file-sharing clients. It has a nice interface, is easy to administer, and uses little bandwidth. SlavaNap is compatible with many popular clients like Napster, WinMX, audioGnome, Lopster, WinLop, Xnap, and other Napster-compatible clients. It allows users to share files...; Tags: File-sharing, Napster Inc., SlavaNap, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet; Software downloads 2008-04-02
War against Web tops music biz 'screw-ups' list: War against Web tops music biz 'screw-ups' listCheck historical facts music-on-demandYou might find the 'blunder' goes back earlier, was an industry effort, not just the record labels. In fact, it was actually easier to get a meeting/demo of DirectHit and Softplayer music search software to with VP's at the...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, Web-tops music biz, Web-tops, Napster Inc., music biz; Discussion threads 2008-03-12

College Opportunity and Affordability Act passes...Napster anyone?: College Opportunity and Affordability Act passes...Napster anyone?That would work, but ...I don't believe the communications infrastructure was upgraded with single service accounts in mind when Universities decided to network on campus housing.Now of course with WiMax just around the corner you can completely skip the process of upgrading any on...; Tags: SSH, Napster Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-02-08
College Opportunity and Affordability Act passes...Napster anyone?: The College Opportunity and Affordability Act is a largely benign bill passed by the US House of Representatives Thursday that funds student financial aid, among many other pieces of higher education in the States. As Ars Technica points out, though, COAA makes a host of...; Tags: University, File-swapping, Napster Inc., Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-02-07
News to know: CES; Gates' curtain call; Office 2003 and old file types; Apple: Notable headlines: CES coverage: Ryan Stewart: Silverlight to power the online video portal for the 2008 Olympics Gates: Curtain call for crystal ball. Mary Jo Foley: Gates' last CES keynote: Long on sales claims, short on futures. Dan Farber: Gates gives CES keynote...; Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft Office 2003, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Napster Inc., Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Hd Dvd, Microsoft Office, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-01-07
Napster moves to MP3-only music download format: Napster moves to MP3-only music download formatAnd the nails keep flyingAbout time.Just say no to AAC and WMVMP3 forever, or until someone significantly messes with the MP3 format.Anti-consumer will loseIt is great to see the giant companies and organizations that are in bed with government and ramming things down our...; Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Government, Napster Inc., MP3, AAC, OGG, music download; Discussion threads 2008-01-07
Anti-P2P language likely to stay in higher ed bill: News.com reports that language that would require universities to send off money to the Napster or Ruckus music subscription services if they can't stem P2P filesharing on campus is unlikely to be changed before a House vote on the measure. Debate on a massive Democratic-sponsored higher education...; Tags: anti-P2P, Antipiracy, Napster Inc., Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2007-11-14
Napster, courtesy of your college and the federal government: Napster, courtesy of your college and the federal governmentSimple solutionStop offering network access to students. For access [b]to[/b] University facilities, they can VPN in. This simultaneously takes the schools out of Congress' sights and improves security.For the last few resident students, the dorms can be treated like any...; Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Federal government, Napster Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-11-13
Napster, courtesy of your college and the federal government: An article posted on Ars Technica highlights a new bill under consideration in Congress. Section 494 of the otherwise vanilla college funding bill ties federal aid to many means of preventing file sharing. While some means are as innocuous as informing new students about the legal ramifications of...; Tags: Student, Agreement, File-sharing, Napster Inc., Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2007-11-12
House measure would force schools to become Napster customers: House measure would force schools to become Napster customersBIG BROTHER LIVES!!!Just leave everything to the gov'mint.I'll believe it when I see it......your link does not work.Aren't you glad you voted DemocRAT?Don't you wish everyone would?Talk about your control freaks gone wild!Now we just need a DemocRAT President to make it...; Tags: Napster Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-11-12
House measure would force schools to become Napster customers: Not only does your progressive-minded Democratic Congress want to sic the Justice Department on file-sharers, it also wants to force colleges to underwrite subscription-based music services. News.com reports that a new bill in the House, inserted into a huge spending bill for higher education, would not only...; Tags: University, Student, Napster Inc., Piracy, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2007-11-09
Earth to Viacom: YouTube is fullfilling a need: Earth to Viacom: YouTube is fullfilling a needEd, my car has broken down, so I'm going to use yours to fulfil my needs...Earth to Ed. Stealing, in the form of copyright theft, is not acceptable simply because it "fulfils a need".However, if I'm wrong, you won't mind if your car...; Tags: Corporate communications, TVs, TV & Home Theater, YouTube Inc., Viacom Inc., Google Inc., Napster Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-03-14
Excerpts from Viacom's scathing YouTube complaint: Excerpts from Viacom's scathing YouTube complaintBlame the DMCA, not GoogleInteresting to see the wrath in action. What's clear to me at least, is that the real villain here is the DMCA. Google is just taking advantage of a loophole in the law. Viacom should be working with...; Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Wikipedia, YouTube Inc., P2P, Napster Inc., P2P case, Viacom Inc., Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-03-13
Universal Music vs. MySpace, Grouper, Bolt, YouTube?: Universal Music vs. MySpace, Grouper, Bolt, YouTube?Compare YouTube with NapsterLet's see. Napster provided an *index* to where to find content mostly illegally copied music on other people's computers. Napster didn't store any of that content on their servers. Napster was found guilty and ordered to implement filtering;...; Tags: MySpace, Napster Inc., YouTube Inc., Universal Music Group; Discussion threads 2007-02-19
YouTube antipiracy software policy draws fire: YouTube antipiracy software policy draws fireGood, all those brats shouldn't be...uploading copyrighted material anyway, umm, hello, "distribution or public broadcast", can't get anymore public than YouTube, heh. Normally I am against any form of censorship or copyright bullies, not this time. :-lThe Media companies are missing the pointI believe that...; Tags: Corporate communications, Advertising & Promotion, YouTube Inc., media company, You-Tube, video, Viacom Inc., Napster Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-02-18
Is the Google YouTube honeymoon over?: Is the Google YouTube honeymoon over?Compare this to NapsterLet's see, Napster broke the law by operating servers that index where to find copyrighted content on individuals' PCs.YouTube operates servers that not only index, but actually store and serve copyrighted content.Hard to see how YouTube thinks it has a leg to...; Tags: YouTube Inc., Napster Inc., Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-02-02
Viacom to YouTube: show us the money (and those filtering tools you promised): Viacom to YouTube: show us the money and those filtering tools you promisedVIACOMWhat the Anal Aunties at VIACOM fail to realise and what most of the rest of us DO is that low-res commercial clips on Youtube and the like, whether legal or copyright breaches, are free advertising for their...; Tags: Piracy, PRODUCTIVITY, Operational accounting, tool, YouTube Inc., Viacom Inc., Napster Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-02-02

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