Napster's CEO Steps Down

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Napster’s CEO is stepping down. No word on what he plans to do now but you can bet “converting a free site into a pay site” isn’t on his short list.

"We were criticized at times for 'renting' music," he wrote. "But we thought then--and still believe quite strongly--that we had a better approach to digital music. Why buy downloads when for a small monthly fee you can have access to everything? "I believe over the next decade the idea of 'owning' entertainment content in the digital age will become a passe concept."
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steal from the scandinavian companies:
Spotify
Wimp
Viddler

movies, tv-shows and music on demand for free or for pay (ads or ad-free with better quality 320kbit ogg)

Everybody said, i would rather have the music, but they all are using it nowdays, once you start using it you just dont cant use it. so you end up getting annoyed by the ad every 5th song, and buy it :p

Dont know when its going to come in other countries than northern europe.
 
I dunno, perhaps because I would rather pay for and "Own" the 1% of stuff I consider actually worth listening too vs having access to 99% of what I consider complete crap and owning nothing.
 
I've been a Napster subscriber for a half a year and enjoyed it. For $9 a month you have access to virtually any songs they have - sort of like Zune's subscription method. Yeah there's DRM but nothing burning to CD-RW and re-ripping can't fix.
 
Azhar said:
I've been a Napster subscriber for a half a year and enjoyed it. For $9 a month you have access to virtually any songs they have - sort of like Zune's subscription method. Yeah there's DRM but nothing burning to CD-RW and re-ripping can't fix.
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I have no problems with subscription services. My Usenet subscription works great!
 
Isn't Napster owned by Best Buy now? I agree with him, anyway. I have a Rhapsody subscription and load up my LG Chocolate 3 and wife's Fuze with new stuff frequently. I currently have all of Mudvayne, 10 Years, Avenged Sevenfold, Breaking Benjamin, Cold, Seether, Armin van Buuren, and Deadmau5 discographies on my phone. If I had to purchase all that, I'd be into several hundreds of dollars (at least). In a couple of weeks, it'll be another 8GB worth of music.
 
The idea of a monthly fee isn't bad look at the Zune Pass. The problem is the majority of iPod users are going to stick with iTunes. Zune owners with the Zune software. Napster tried teaming up with a hardware company but the player didn't catch on. The MP3 market isn't an easy whether is a pay per song or subscription service. Even Walmart failed at selling digital music. I think Amazon might be one of the few to be successful.
 
i bet he will look for investors to buy the pirate bay and work out an even more successful business model for TPB, kinda like napster back then :D
 
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