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LooeyUK 22-05-2004 21:20
Napster is not protected!
 
I just signed up to the £9.95 a month plan just so I could download the tracks to my PC.

This plan lets you download the tracks to your PC but it doesnt allow you to burn or transfer to your mp3 player. Which is fine for me.

So, I download Keans album. 15mins later its downloaded. Listening happily. Then I thought I would give it a go at putting it on my mp3 player. Not exspecting it to play... IT PLAYS!!!

Erm, is this supposed to happen and why does it happen? Im downloading like mad at the moment

bopdude 22-05-2004 21:32
Re: Napster is not protected!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by LooeyB
I just signed up to the £9.95 a month plan just so I could download the tracks to my PC.

This plan lets you download the tracks to your PC but it doesnt allow you to burn or transfer to your mp3 player. Which is fine for me.

So, I download Keans album. 15mins later its downloaded. Listening happily. Then I thought I would give it a go at putting it on my mp3 player. Not exspecting it to play... IT PLAYS!!!

Erm, is this supposed to happen and why does it happen? Im downloading like mad at the moment
Not sure exactly how they could stop you, AFAIK you pay them the fee so that they can cover the bands royalty's etc,

LooeyUK 22-05-2004 21:38
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Originally Posted by bopdude
Not sure exactly how they could stop you, AFAIK you pay them the fee so that they can cover the bands royalty's etc,
Not really. The 9.95 is only the subscription to the service. I can download as many tracks as i like but i cannot burn them to cd or transfer them to a portable device. Yet, for some reason, i can. Just tried burning a J Lo album i just downloaded and it worked.

andygrif 22-05-2004 21:42
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Intersting. What format are the downloaded files in? I assume it is WMA9 with DRM. Which MP3 player have you got, and does it tell you what sort of WMA files it is compatable with?

LooeyUK 22-05-2004 21:43
Re: Napster is not protected!
 
Formate is in WMA. I have the Creative Zen Xtra 60GB.

Matuka 22-05-2004 21:56
Re: Napster is not protected!
 
I heard something about when you stop subscribing the tracks become unplayable?

Of the rumours that are getting about.

LooeyUK 22-05-2004 21:58
Re: Napster is not protected!
 
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Originally Posted by Matuka
I heard something about when you stop subscribing the tracks become unplayable?

Of the rumours that are getting about.
Not possible as the tracks do not connect to the napster service when you open them

Nutty 23-05-2004 14:33
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Do you have windows media player Rights Management installed ? I dont, and when I tried napster.light it brought up a box saying I need to install it, but I just cancelled it.

It could be they rely on DRM being setup on your machine. Sounds like a bit of a loophole.. ;)

LooeyUK 23-05-2004 14:50
Re: Napster is not protected!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nutty
Do you have windows media player Rights Management installed ? I dont, and when I tried napster.light it brought up a box saying I need to install it, but I just cancelled it.

It could be they rely on DRM being setup on your machine. Sounds like a bit of a loophole.. ;)
Yeah I have Windows Media Player 9 installed and that includes the DRM pack.

Oh well, like im bothered. Woke up this morning and had 54 albums downloaded. Transfered to my mp3 couple hours ago. Perfect... not too bad for a tenner

Bifta 23-05-2004 15:51
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Originally Posted by LooeyB
Yeah I have Windows Media Player 9 installed and that includes the DRM pack.

Oh well, like im bothered. Woke up this morning and had 54 albums downloaded. Transfered to my mp3 couple hours ago. Perfect... not too bad for a tenner
I'm confused, as far as I can tell, don't they charge you £9.95 per album?

Quote:
You can burn songs to a CD and transfer them to a portable device for £0.99 a track or starting at £9.95 an album. Subscribers save over 10% (as low as 88p per track) when they buy multiple tracks at one time

Nikko 23-05-2004 15:57
Re: Napster is not protected!
 
Hmmmm......is it a loophole, or will the credit card used to register get billed for 54 x £9.95.. .......... :eek:

danielf 23-05-2004 16:02
Re: Napster is not protected!
 
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Originally Posted by Bifta
I'm confused, as far as I can tell, don't they charge you £9.95 per album?
I think that whole site is rather confusing. It doesn't look very professional/clear at all. Also, when you search for bands, it will always tell you it has hits, even with a random combination of letters.

Quote:
Yes, we have multiple results for trjh on Napster.
The Top Five are: Trace Adkins, Cheap Trick, Tracy Byrd, Tracy Lawrence, Trick Daddy
And when you get a proper hit, it doesn't even give you a list of the tracks/albums they have. Just the top album if you're lucky. I am not at all tempted to try this. It just doesn't look very professional.

KingPhoenix 23-05-2004 16:06
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bifta
I'm confused, as far as I can tell, don't they charge you £9.95 per album?
:rofl: looks like Looey has a HUGE bill coming in!!! for 54 albums he wouldnt of normally bought!!! :rofl:

Oh well... such is life (thinking he got one over on Napster.... looks like they might just get one over on him :pp :D )



:angel: :angel:

paulyoung666 23-05-2004 16:09
Re: Napster is not protected!
 
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Originally Posted by Nikko
Hmmmm......is it a loophole, or will the credit card used to register get billed for 54 x £9.95.. .......... :eek:

well ........... i reckon someone might just get a rather large cc bill :disturbd: :disturbd: :disturbd:

danielf 23-05-2004 16:12
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Originally Posted by paulyoung666
well ........... i reckon someone might just get a rather large cc bill :disturbd: :disturbd: :disturbd:
Perhaps not...
Quote:
Cost:
†¢ £9.95 a month
†¢ Free 7-day trial
†¢ Subscribers save up to 10% (as low as 88p per track) when they purchase multiple tracks at the same time

Type of Service:
†¢ Month-by-month subscription
†¢ No contract

Listening Options:
†¢ Listen to over 500,000 full-length songs on-demand
†¢ Collect songs to your hard drive to listen to offline
†¢ Purchase tracks to burn to CD, transfer to a portable device or listen on your PC
It looks like you need to buy them if you want to burn them, but you can collect them to listen off-line. So, it does look like a loophole...

It also says that you will not be able to listen to them when you quit your subscription...


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