The Re-birth Of Napster

napster, shnapster...its dead...

Interesting article on the Boston Globe site about the history ofNapster (originally from the LA Times I believe)
Napster story

http://www.larazon.es/lared/napster.jpg

The Napster idea (centralized servers) is dead and deservedly so. BTW, Singh, did you intend for your avatar to resemble Rushdi? :lol:

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Originally posted by TIDE-HSV@20 April 2003 - 13:21
The Napster idea (centralized servers) is dead and deservedly so.

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I think you are all missing the point? The old napster format is gone. No more centralized servers. The new content would be marketed and sold differently than it was before.

After re-reading Singh's post and the repies, I don't think so at all. You can condense the replies down to Napster, in anything like its original form being dead, but that the sharing of content continues. Further, attempts to charge for this content will probably run on the rocks.