It looks to me that this client is for the old napster network- the version before they went legit. It also hasn't been updated in some time. So, there are no fees whatsoever- it's illegal p2p.
The new Napster uses DRM. To my knowledge, there are no DRM-encumbered music stores that work on Linux because there are no DRM technologies that operate on Linux. However- one can run Napster in Windows via something like VMWare. The DRM has been cracked, so theoretically one can remove the DRM to get plain WMA files using an application called "FairUse4WM"... you can then re-encode the WMAs to any format you like... theoretically ;-) of course... I rather like the unlimited plan with napster. It's only $10/month, and they're got a lot of music; I've been unable to find some music- for instance, they don't have a whole lot of Grateful Dead. Also, some newer albums aren't available with the unlimited plan; you have to buy the album for $10. ~John On Jan 7, 2008 12:56 PM, Gary Whitten < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Napster sounds good to me. > > Can you actually download MP3s from Napster onto > an MP3 device using any of the Linux Napster clients, > like tucows > http://www.tucows.com/preview/50676 > and knapster2, a KDE client in the main Ubuntu distro. > > If you can is there an additional per song download fee? > > Gary > > > David Eisner wrote: > > On 1/7/2008 10:41 AM, Mehmet Ergun wrote: > >> In plain English, when you buy DRM'd media, you pay as if you were > >> buying that media, but you actually are renting it for the purchase > >> price... eBooks that won't let you print them, iTunes music that > >> won't let you change computers (kind of), almost all DVDs, etc are > >> examples of this in use... > > > > I basically agree with you, and I hope one day, when joking about old > > technology, we'll be able to say, "Remember DRM?" > > > > But since you mention "renting," there is one limited circumstance > > where DRM is useful. Services like Napter, Rhapsody, Yahoo Music, > > etc. let you make a deal with them: You get DRM-crippled tracks and > > thereby agree to give up certain rights (burning a CD, listening on > > most OSes, including Linux ...), but in exchange you can listen to > > pretty much whatever you want, whenever you want, on your PC (for > > about $10/mo) and (for about $15/mo total) also on a "PlaysForSure" > > mobile device, for as long as you continue your subscription. > > > > For me, this is a reasonable trade-off. If I hear a song I like while > > listening to, say, KEXP.org, I can usually (but not always) find the > > album on Napster. (Random spot check with a song they just played: > > Sebadoh's album Harmacy: yes, it's there). I can't afford to buy > > every CD I might want to check out. If I really like the album, I can > > buy a burnable copy, though at that point I'd rather have the CD. > > > > Of course, Microsoft seems to have abandoned PlaysForSure with the > > Zune, and you begin to get into the nightmare of figuring out which > > type of DRM will work with which device. > > > > -David > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > >> Have a look at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6337781.stm > >> > >> For the first part of the second question, I don't use emusic, but I > >> searched for "Eminem" there and it gave me this very informational > >> page (which kinda makes me want to use emusic): > >> http://www.emusic.com/search.html?mode=x&QT=eminem&x=0&y=0 > >> > >> For the second part of your second question, it's a whole big essay > >> :)) and not so much related to Linux as an OS... But in short, I > >> would buy a CD... But I would still use a website like > >> http://www.riaaradar.com/ to choose which music I buy and stay away > >> from RIAA-backed stuff... > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Mehmet. > > > > >
