is napster dead/?

[dos7]

it seems that i can not connect with napster, nor can connect to their website? are they finally shutdown?

dos7

[oxOGradiusOxo]

wow, i just tried to connect too and Napster said the server was down, however I can access their website.

Napster's servers have been known to go down from time to time. Try and log on in a little while and see. I haven't heard any news of them shutting down as of yet.

[Eli]

I did have some trouble connecting after I made my last post... After a while though I connected. Persistance pays off I suppose.

[thekingofpain]

Heard on the News today, some "un-named" company just gave Napster 13 million $, Napster shall be alive for awhile it seems...

[Eli]

It looks fine to me.

[dos7]

thanx guys,,just needed some verification,,,,it's a problem towards my end of the web apparently.

dos7

[Eli]

Maybe it was Metallica...

[jad1097]

Napster is also trying to work out some kind of deal with the record companies. Either a pay per song or pay per month deal for users is how it looks now.

[Warthog]

How does Napster get money?

I don't get it. It's not like there are ads or something.

The pay per song or month idea will probably stop me from using it. I download about one or two songs a month. I don't need it that bad.

Warthog

[jad1097]

I am over 5 gigs in mp3's now so I guess it won't be much of a loss for me either. I will have to use ftp or rip them myself. But then again it depends on what they would charge and they would have to guarantee me that I would get complete songs.