We regret to inform you that Napster is dead

Mirc doesn't allow you to exchange files, I don't go on Napster to Chat

"Mirc doesn't allow you to exchange files"

*bzzzzzzzzz* WRONG!

It most certainly does, through a process called DCC (I believe it stands for Direct Client Connection).

But you must know WHO has the file

It's not as easy to exploit the system, if that's what you're after.

And you're getting better quality - from established groups (aPC, EGO, RNS, CMS, etc., etc.)...

Is it supposed to shut down or something today? Are the free days of Napster over?

I think I'd pay 5$/month for unlimited free songs. I hearrd scour is coming back soon, but thats loaded with too much porn. I dunno.

Stoopid corporate america

NT

INSIGHT MAG

While nearly every Napster pundit who's ever met a microphone received quality air time following Monday's appeals court ruling, one critical voice was absent: Senator Orrin Hatch, Republican from Utah. Hatch has publicly championed Napster and admonished the major labels for being no-shows at the digital-music revolution.
But on Wednesday, on the Senate floor, Hatch said he was troubled by the potential fallout of the court's decision against Napster and called for the Senate Judiciary Committee to hold a third round of hearings on the online music marketplace. Using his bully pulpit, he again threatened the record industry with legislation if Napster is forced to close in the face of the record companies' law suit and a lower court's modified injunction. ''I would expect that my colleagues, like me, will be contacted by the over 50 million Napster fans who oppose the injunction and fear the demise of Napster,'' Hatch said. ''This may prompt a legislative response.''




Hatch called Napster 'the most popular application in the history of the Internet' and urged labels, technologists and artists to find a market solution.



His said his main concern was for the legion of Napsterians who would be denied access to digital music if the service doesn't resolve its differences with the record labels. ''The Napster community represents a huge consumer demand for the kind of online music services Napster, rightly or wrongly, has offered and, to date, the major record labels have been unable to satisfy,'' said Hatch. ''Some have suggested that the labels merely wished to establish a legal precedent and then would be willing to work on negotiating licenses. Well, it seems to me that now might be a good time to get those deals done, for the good of music fans, and for the good of the copyright industries and the artists they represent.''

NT

Oh well. At least I got my CD burner working in time to free up some space and make a few last grabs off Napster... it's still up and running, and the bustling business there means... MORE FILES! Yay!