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Apple, Microsoft, Napster rapped over MP3 DRM

News Apple, Microsoft, Napster and Real have all left consumers hamstrung with the DRM on their services, according to the EFF, and have couched the restrictions in marketing spin. Apple, Microsoft and Napster all sell tracks with the ability to change...

5 September 2005, 10:17

Napster: the first five listens are free

News Napster has unveiled a free ad-supported version of its online music service that allows users to listen to any song in its library as many as five times. The move is designed to steer listeners to Napster's fee-based services once they have...

2 May 2006, 9:39

Napster opens ring-tone download store

News Digital music service Napster has unveiled a new store in the US aimed at selling ring tones for mobile phones. Napster is dedicated to giving consumers the widest set of options to access the music they love in a way that fits their lifestyle...

10 May 2005, 8:32

Napster, Ericsson join forces for mobile music

News Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson and Napster said on Tuesday they would team up to offer a new digital music service aimed at mobile phone customers around the world. With Napster we are uniquely positioned to deliver the easy-to-use...

15 June 2005, 10:49

News.blog: Another setback for Napster founder

News Snocap, the music-licencing company best known for being the follow-up act of Napster founder Shawn Fanning, has cut its staff by 60 per cent, a spokeswoman for the company said on Thursday evening. Thanks in large part to Fanning's Napster fame...

12 October 2007, 9:04

Photos: Behind the scenes at Napster UK

News Photo 1: Outside the Napster UK office On a busy street a stone's throw from London's Oxford Street are the Napster UK headquarters. Napster has been running an online music subscription service in the UK since May 2004, but is probably better...

5 September 2006, 13:38

Is Napster on the ropes?

News Is Napster on the verge of going down for the count -- for a second time? Napster said on Wednesday that it has surpassed the 500,000-subscriber mark, marking a doubling of its paid subscribers in the past year.

19 January 2006, 11:10

Is TVUPlayer the Napster of online video?

News Indeed, TVUPlayer, offered by a Chinese company called TVU Networks, looks to some like it could draw legal challenges similar to those faced by the early Napster peer-to-peer service, which became a pinata for litigious lawyers because of what...

25 October 2006, 9:15

Is video going the way of Napster?

News It was a heavy-metal drummer who provided the defining moment for the original Napster and peer-to-peer music networks. In May 2000, Lars Ulrich, the bombastic drummer for the band Metallica, personally delivered a list of 335,000 screen names of...

14 March 2006, 10:50

News.blog: LimeWire going legit?

News LimeWire is best known as the latest in a long chain of software that makes it easy to find and download music for free, replacing Napster, Grokster, eDonkey, Kazaa and all the other applications and networks that shut down or cracked down on the...

16 August 2007, 10:12

Legal music network struggles with illegal content

News Like its peers in the digital music business, from Napster to Apple Computer's iTunes, iMesh does not have the legal rights to distribute recordings from the popular 1970s rockers. The issues are reminiscent of the last major experimentation with...

3 November 2005, 9:02

MTV teams up with Microsoft for music service

News After promising to launch a digital music service for several years, MTV said on Tuesday that it is close to releasing an online music shop that will throw it into competition with iTunes and Napster.

14 December 2005, 10:18

Yahoo to launch new flagship music service

News The service, which sources say is expected to be released on Wednesday, is built in large part around a monthly subscription plan similar to those now offered by Napster and RealNetworks, allowing customers to download music onto their portable...

11 May 2005, 8:47

Will Yahoo's music move prompt a price war?

News That's less than half the cost of similar services offered by Napster and RealNetworks, both of which charge close to $15 for their portable subscription plans. It is going to put pressure on (Napster and RealNetworks)," said GartnerG2 analyst Mike...

12 May 2005, 11:12

Google intent on making YouTube legal

News The site has been singled out by analysts Forrester and IDC, who claim it could easily suffer the same fate as Napster's free service. In a now-famous court case, Napster argued unsuccessfully that it was not responsible for people misusing its...

6 November 2006, 10:12

Format wars: The tech that should have won

Did you love Laserdisc? Were you bonkers over Betamax? Travel back in time with Captain Tech and check out the format losers that should have triumphed

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