Napster Questions

[CocoPops]

Right, I have 1gb of MP3z that I have collected over time, but obviously I want to expand that.

I want to d/l Napster and run it, but I though it had been shut down??

Is it easy to use?? What are the implications?? Could I be sued for having the MP3z and sharing them?? How do they (Metallica for example) know who I am?? Do I have to give personal details??

Cheers for the help,

Lee.

[x35Agent]

Napster is extremely easy to use. You would be surprised at just how easy. I'm sure at some point in the future it will be shut down. I would suggest downloading it and getting all you can in the mean time. I would not be concerned about getting sued. The odds are in your favor. If you don't want to take the time to download it then go buy a copy of Maximumpc. Make sure it has a Cd with it and not the AOL kind. It should contain the newest version of Napster and have fun. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[CocoPops]

Right, I d/l Napster 2 beta6, but I can't get it to connect, are their servers down??

Any tips??

[daveleau]

The servers are often down. Try again in a few hours. Version 6 is a bit buggy from what I can tell. I believe they rushed its release int he wake of the Metallica/ Dr. Dre thing.
Dave

[shadow]

Napster is great but I have stuck with version 5 after hearing too many bad things about 6. I have the setup for 5 if you want it let me know. It's about 650K.

[Eli]

What bad things have you heard about Beta 6? I've been using it since I, uh, signed up for a new nickname http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif and haven't had any problems at all. In fact it's worked far better than Beta 5 ever has.

[shadow]

Mostly based on an earlier thread.
Quote:

"Yep, napster uploaded a trojan registry key to keep me from accessing napster. If you log onto napster and it automatically runs a "beta 6 performance upgrade, it hacks your registry."
http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/006176.html

[Eli]

You can't really fault Beta 6 for that. I could no longer sign on with Beta 5, but it said something about "update failed" or something like that. I then downloaded and installed Beta 6, which then tole me about Metallica banning me. It doesn't look like any more of a registry hack than Beta 5 to me...