April 1, 2010
Napster Offers Many Choices to Music Lovers
The Napster people had quite a rocky start as the location where music lovers could find each other and, using Napster’s amazing technology, exchange their music collections over the Internet. No money was ever exchanged. It was a bit like selling illegal bootleg CDs except that nobody made any income from it. In fact it was the free part of the model that bothered the recording artists and record labels. Eventually Napster settled with the recording industry, with a huge financial award. They learned their lesson well enough to completely change their business model.
Napster, the same business that started as just a vehicle for peer-to-peer music exchanges, has now become the owner of the largest music catalog on the Internet, with over seven million titles. It is still a terrific bargain, even though it is no longer free in the days when it was in hot water with the music industry. They offer various plans, but the best all around deal is a three month membership, which can be renewed if you still haven’t satisfied your music thirst. I suspect you’ll renew, but the three months will give you a good taste of the service.
For the widely recommended three month plan you get five download credits per month plus bonus credits. You also get unlimited streaming audio, which, believe me is great! You can listen to the entire catalogs of your favorite artists or, if you prefer, entire albums of a variety of artists. There are also over a thousand interactive, genre playlists. There are streaming radio stations, too.
The music that you select to download as part of your subscription can be played on any MP3 device, including a number of lesser know brands plus the extremely popular Ipod and Zune players. In fact, if you cell phone has this option, you can even carry the music you’ve downloaded from Napster on that, as well.
You have unrestricted rights to these recordings, so you can move them around to different devices that you own. You can even burn a CD for yourself.
Any musical genre you can think of is well represented. If you are similar to me, you choose from a lot of different genres, but if your tastes are more specific, you will certainly find your favorite genre. Among those genres are rock, pop, classical, R&B, musical soundtracks, Christian, jazz, comedy, and the list goes on.
All of this is just $15 for the three months of delightful musical saturation at Napster.com. Face it, that’s cheaper than a fast food lunch for three.
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