Napster is **FREE** again.

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Aug 18 2006, 11:17 am
I was reading through my new issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly, and saw an official Ad for Napster. It says, "Listen to over 2 million FREE SONGS, at Napster.com. Really, The music's free. So, there's really no fine print to read."

So finally, the service that I first started using back in 1999, is free again!
Aug 18 2006, 12:48 pm
Sooo are they doing something like MTV where you can download it but can't port to a device and it expires in like a week or what? 0_0
Aug 18 2006, 1:13 pm
In response to Mecha Destroyer JD
So far, what I've seen is that the 30 second previews are free for all, you need to register to listen to songs (no payment required), you can purchase the songs and direct download them, or you can subscribe to the service for a certain fee.
Aug 19 2006, 4:23 am
In response to Data-Con
You can only listen to a song 3 times before you have to get a "paid membership."
Aug 19 2006, 5:28 am
Hah. All you need to do is run something like Total Recorder and you can copy the music over.
Aug 19 2006, 5:24 pm
In response to Flame Sage
That's pretty good provided you're using it to sample music before you buy (which is what pretty much everyone who defended old Napster claimed to be doing).
Aug 20 2006, 2:26 pm
In response to Android Data
Android Data wrote:
Hah. All you need to do is run something like Total Recorder and you can copy the music over.

Is there something like Total Recorder, but free?
Aug 20 2006, 2:34 pm
In response to Flame Sage
Audacity probaby does the trick.
Aug 20 2006, 3:12 pm
In response to Flame Sage
Flame Sage wrote:
Android Data wrote:
Hah. All you need to do is run something like Total Recorder and you can copy the music over.

Is there something like Total Recorder, but free?

Yeah, pretty much any decent wave editing program. Wavepad has a nice 30 day trial, and I recommend purchasing it. Audacity should be fine.