napster

Hacking Napster with Winamp

Digital Living By now, you probably know that someone figured out how to record songs from Napster's groundbreaking portable subscription service by saving them as unprotected WAV files. At first, I was somewhat swept up by the headlines about Napster being...

9 May 2005, 14:48

Which UK music download store is the best?

Digital Living Napster is one of the more popular alternatives to iTunes. However, it also offers the Napster to Go service for £14.95 per month, which allows you to put your downloads on to a compatible player, but again, the music will still disappear when you...

2 May 2007, 16:12

What's DRM and should I avoid it?

Digital Living If you choose to buy protected music, make sure you buy a player that's compatible.iPods only work with protected music from the iTunes Store (or music ripped from CD), so you can't use them to play music from Napster.

20 June 2007, 10:49

How do I listen to the music on my PC in another room?

Digital Living If you've bought or rented songs from services like Napster, you'll need to make sure your music streamer can cope with copy-protected files. I've got all my music ripped to my PC, which is in the study.

21 February 2007, 16:44

Is Prince the prototype?

Digital Living Companies such as CDBaby, IODA, and IRIS Distribution are already helping independent artists get their music onto music stores such as iTunes and Napster, while allowing the bands to keep a larger percentage of their royalties than they would...

Tags: stores, fans, digital music, deal

9 May 2005, 14:48

Gates keynote: move along, folks, nothing to see

Digital Living This bore an uncanny relationship to the iTunes Music Store and Napster, and allowed Bill to usher on Justin Timberlake, who charmed the audience with the energy, creativity, and grace which the evening had so far been lacking.

6 January 2006, 9:57

Top five ways MP3 has changed the world

Digital Living When the original Napster suddenly allowed people to download thousands of songs for free (remember, this was before there were legitimate digital music sources), upgrading to broadband suddenly added up to a significant saving.

17 August 2005, 14:30

Consumers frustrated by online music catalogues

Digital Living The $150,000 questionLet's suppose you were to subscribe to four music 'to go' services -- eMusic, Napster, Rhapsody, and Yahoo -- for a combined total of $46.92 per month, or $563.04 per year, which, to my eyes, looks to be approximately what an...

16 June 2005, 11:44