The Napster company had quite a rocky start as the location where music fans could find each other and, using the Napster software, exchange their music over the Internet, even before the world wide web had come along. No money was ever exchanged. In a way, it was just like selling bootleg compact discs except that nobody made any income from it. In fact it was the free part of the model that angered the recording artists and record labels. Eventually Napster settled with the recording industry, with a huge financial settlement. They learned their lesson well enough to completely change their business model.
Napster, started as a free trading music set, but it has transformed itself into the holder of the largest music catalog on the entire Internet--over seven million titles and still growing. While it is not free, as it was in the wild days of the early Internet, it is still an amazing bargain. The site provides what is widely regarded as the greatest bargain for music fans with a three month introductory subscription, with renewals at the same low rates. Three months will give you a good sense of what the service has to offer, and I strongly suspect that you'll decide to renew. A lot of people have maintained a membership for years.
For the widely recommended three month plan you get five download credits per month plus bonus credits. Included in the plan is the reason that most people subscribe in the first place--unlimited (!) streaming music. You can listen to entire albums or even the entire catalog of their various artists of your favorites. There are also over a thousand interactive, genre playlists. They even have a streaming radio station.
The music that you select to download as part of your subscription can be played on any MP3 device, including Ipod, Zune and many others. 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.
There is a huge list of musical genres. 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. The list is huge, but a few of the genres are jazz, pop, rock, Christian, children, comedy, country and the list goes on....
You can surround yourself with your own selected music and never repeat a song for three months for only fifteen dollars at Napster.com. Face it, that's cheaper than a fast food lunch for three.
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