Don’t worry, we’ll fix it in the mix!
Roxio to acquire Napster assests [via MacMinute.com: ]
Wow, somehow I missed this one yesterday. 5.3 mil, I don’t get it, what is Roxio (the makers of the fabulous Toast along with many other things) going to do with the assets?. Is the name worth that much, is the software still vaiable, would you wan’t to own a cyber-ghosttown?
The Day the Napster Died. Napster, the company that changed the way people use their computers, is no more. But what it accomplished in its short, brilliant life will likely influence how people use the Web for years to come. That is Shawn Fanning’s legacy. By Brad King. [Wired News]
Amen.
Another quiet OS X update - Java 1.3.1 Update 1 - check your system prefs - software update.
The update in combination with the latest version of Limewire (v2.2.1) (a Java application) you can actually search and download from the gnutella network with moderate success and very little pain.
University raided in MP3 copyright action. Students hostage to legislative blackmail [The Register]
First “Napster-proof” CD set to burn If all goes as planned, Charley Pride will make music history in April. After selling more than 70 million records, Pride - one of the last great figures from the pre-Garth, twang-box radio glory days of country music - is set to release America’s first copy-protected compact disk. (MSNBC)
OffShoreMp3s.Com: “Our goal is to establish a Napster server (OpenNap running on a server provided by HavenCo) in a jurisdiction (the Principality of Sealand) beyond the reach of the major governments of the world (and of course the RIAA).”
The Register: Aimster tells Napster file filter to ‘pig off’. Using Pig Latin and such to get around Napster’s new file name filtering.