Peaches Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Napster crossbreeds streaming, download plansCat comes back. Again. Again.By Austin Modine 19th May 2009 22:05 GMT"Napster - the outfit that shares a name with a bygone music piracy pioneer sued into oblivion - is back with a new $5-per-month streaming/download hybrid plan following its purchase by Best Buy last year.For a fiver a month, US subscribers can now stream music from Napster's claimed catalog of over 7 million songs as well as download and keep five DRM-free MP3s each month. Napster had previously been charging $12.99 for streaming music only.Aside from the US-only aspect of Napster's new price regime, the big downside is that the streaming music is available only on a PC or laptop. At an age when when world+dog has a portable player or smartphone with online access, it's rather disappointing they're keeping it immobile. The company still offers a $15.00 per month Napster To Go streaming plan with certain US mobile carriers, but that's a different beast altogether."More on this topic at the Register - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/19/na..._month_service/>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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