napster died a long time ago for me, when it lost its court battle.
just like betamax which officially ended not too long ago.
what lies beyond mp3s? I'd love to know that.
stefan, do you mean mp3s or file sharing. two very different concepts.
mp3s will be replaced by whatever is the next best tech - perhaps ogg, but I doubt it. file sharing - the genie's out of the bottle. people are used to it. it'll carry on no matter what methinks. probably more underground than in the napster heydays but it'll keep going
I mean mp3s. what will be the new medium? will Sony's Super CDs (who the heck came up with that idea) actually take off? will DVD replace CDs? will vinyl make a come back?
will any other medium come along that causes anything close to what mp3s have?
I don't think anything can really beat portable binary objects (mp3s, oggs, wma's, whatevers) as a medium. Super CDs may sound better but they have all the same problems as CDs in that you need to have a physical disk, you need to keep it scratch free, you need a player that can spin it at the appropriate rpm.
mp3 is just an application an idea. if we all had bandwidth and storage space on our computers, ipods, etc we'd use them
Yep, I was very surprised to see Sony announce one or two weeks ago that as of the end of this year they will stop making betamax machines. I guess there are those who had an investement in beta tapes who needed to replace occasionally - just like there must be people out there who need an 8-track player every so often. Can't see either of these technologies doing a turntable and getting a new lease on life (not that turntables ever died out completely).
napster officially died on Sept 3 2002. Bertelsmann Entertainment Group (BEG) -- owners of Arista Records and J Records, had been trying to buy the site to turn it into a legitimate subscription based service. the us bankruptcy court vetoed that sale this week deeming it a conflict of interest for Napster CEO Konrad Hilbers, who was a former Bertelsmann employee.
Napster has subsequently laid off all its employees and replaced the homepage with "Napster Was Here"
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napster died a long time ago for me, ...
napster died a long time ago for me, when it lost its court battle.
just like betamax which officially ended not too long ago.
what lies beyond mp3s? I'd love to know that.
stefan, do you mean mp3s or file ...
stefan, do you mean mp3s or file sharing. two very different concepts.
mp3s will be replaced by whatever is the next best tech - perhaps ogg, but I doubt it. file sharing - the genie's out of the bottle. people are used to it. it'll carry on no matter what methinks. probably more underground than in the napster heydays but it'll keep going
well that's what I reckon anyway.
I mean mp3s. what will be the new ...
I mean mp3s. what will be the new medium? will Sony's Super CDs (who the heck came up with that idea) actually take off? will DVD replace CDs? will vinyl make a come back?
will any other medium come along that causes anything close to what mp3s have?
I don't think anything can really beat ...
I don't think anything can really beat portable binary objects (mp3s, oggs, wma's, whatevers) as a medium. Super CDs may sound better but they have all the same problems as CDs in that you need to have a physical disk, you need to keep it scratch free, you need a player that can spin it at the appropriate rpm.
mp3 is just an application an idea. if we all had bandwidth and storage space on our computers, ipods, etc we'd use them
I thought Napster died last year??...
I thought Napster died last year??
//I thought Napster died last year?? ...
//I thought Napster died last year??
they were trying to implement a subscription service. we all knew that wouldn't work.
I thought betamax died in the 80's...
I thought betamax died in the 80's
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betamax in the home died. variants of ...
betamax in the home died. variants of beta carried on in production.
Yep, I was very surprised to see Sony ...
Yep, I was very surprised to see Sony announce one or two weeks ago that as of the end of this year they will stop making betamax machines. I guess there are those who had an investement in beta tapes who needed to replace occasionally - just like there must be people out there who need an 8-track player every so often. Can't see either of these technologies doing a turntable and getting a new lease on life (not that turntables ever died out completely).
napster officially died on Sept 3 2002. ...
napster officially died on Sept 3 2002. Bertelsmann Entertainment Group (BEG) -- owners of Arista Records and J Records, had been trying to buy the site to turn it into a legitimate subscription based service. the us bankruptcy court vetoed that sale this week deeming it a conflict of interest for Napster CEO Konrad Hilbers, who was a former Bertelsmann employee.
Napster has subsequently laid off all its employees and replaced the homepage with "Napster Was Here"