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   Bob3000, Sep 13th, 2005 @ 10:47am

   
   

   The monthly subscription DRM model has no appeal. I'm not renting music, I'm buying it.

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   Napster is a service, not a product

   

   You're Kidding, Sep 13th, 2005 @ 11:10am

   
   

   I see no problem paying a reasonable monthly fee to have a 1.5 million song jukebox at my disposal, with the ability to load up any album or song at any time and listen to it, without any expectation that I can keep playing that music when I quit subscribing. The fee to do this is very reasonable. Personally, I find Napster to be an amazing service. I'm not buying the music, I'm paying a small monthly fee for the opportunity to listen to it during that month.

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   Re: Napster is a service, not a product

   

   hiten, Sep 13th, 2005 @ 11:19am

   
   

   I agree. Having that huge library at my disposal is cool. If I feel like it I could listen to some music that I wouldn't necessarily buy such as operas, jazz, and classical. The ability to explore and play virtually anything is very fun. Works great for me especially since Yahoo's music service is $5 a month.

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   .., Sep 13th, 2005 @ 11:42am

   
   

   Looks like the Napster MarComm dept has cronies scour the web and post positive comments. Sad.

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   Artistic Expression Should Be Free For All

   

   Anonymous Coward, Sep 13th, 2005 @ 12:15pm

   
   

   Period.
   
   It's ART and there's a message from the creator to be shared with the world. The only person who should be profiting from this is the person who made it. And they can make plenty to live off of from concerts, merchandise sold, and plain ole friendly DONATIONS from the people who are TRUELY thankful for the gift that has been given to them.
   
   This mainstream BS needs to stop and the "pretty" assholes that "make" it need to go away.

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   Subscription choice not for everybody

   

   nmancer61, Sep 13th, 2005 @ 12:42pm

   
   

   The analogy that Mike makes is not apples to apples. With my Napster and Yahoo music subscription services at $20 a month for both I can listen to vast variety of music and new releases. I get to take and access my music from anywhere on the net. My Creative Zen is filled with new and old music from Classical, Zydeco, to Comedy and I play it everywhere car, home stereo, etc. A music subscription service has very little in common with a single, 30 second music clip that plays sporadically for 2-5 dollars per clip. It's good that the market has a choice for those who wish to buy and those that don't!

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   Re: Artistic Expression Should Be Free For All

   

   Anonymous Coward, Sep 13th, 2005 @ 12:43pm

   
   

   Right, just like corn is food, and the only one who should make a profit from it is the person who grew it? Not the people who trucked it out from where it was grown, or the people who stored it and made it available for retail, so that you could actually eat it? In other words, you're an idiot.

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   Re: Artistic Expression Should Be Free For All

   

   nmancer61, Sep 13th, 2005 @ 12:49pm

   
   

   Sure if a artist feels that way, there are plenty sites for them to post their material and express themselves. For those who enjoy compensation these music services "should" be opportunity for them to wrestle some of the control from the corporate beasts of old.

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   Re: Subscription choice not for everybody

   

   Mike (profile), Sep 13th, 2005 @ 1:19pm

   
   

   The analogy that Mike makes is not apples to apples.
   
   Wasn't my analogy. It was the guy at Napster. I agree it's quite different, but if HE'S going to use it to promote Napster, you gotta realize it can be used the other way as well.
   
   The point isn't to knock subscription services, but to knock the claim that subscription services are better than pay-per-download because you have to pay more than once for something.

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    Re: Artistic Expression Should Be Free For All

    

    jonny, Sep 13th, 2005 @ 1:49pm

    
    

    I think that that statement is true, but it's only coming true now (and will become more true as distribution methods progress). Back in the day, you had to pay for distribution and the cost of cds or tapes or records. Now you don't have to--and now is the only time that I'd agree with the idea that the only person who should profit should be the artists themselves (although I do have to include the producers and such).

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