Brändi, joka mullisti koko musiikkibisneksen, on myyty - jälleen kerran.
Maailman tunnetuin piraattipalvelu, legendaarinen Napster, on myyty jälleen kerran. Uusi omistaja haaveilee muuttavansa Napsterin eräänlaiseksi 2020-luvun MySpaceksi, jossa artistit voivat olla paremmin yhteydessä faneihinsa.
https://dawn.fi/uutiset/2025/03/27/napster-myytiin-jalleen-kerran
Napster Sold to Infinite Reality for $207 Million
Napster, now a streaming service, sells for $207m to Infinite Reality https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/25/napster-sold-infinite-reality #Technologystartups #Technologysector #Musicstreaming #Technology #Business #Napster #Culture #Music
Music sharing pioneer Napster was sold to 3D technology company Infinite Reality for $207 million. Rad more at CNBC. #Napster #InfiniteReality #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/zSkAIc
“We’re at the #Napster moment in the #AI race. (for #books) When we started streaming music in the early 2000s, most of it was stolen. That wasn’t going to work in the long run. Who could afford to be a musician if no one paid for music.” —Prof. #TobyWalsh, artificial intelligence at the University of New South Wales
#OpEd / #Writers / #BlackBooks / #BlackInc / #tech / #BigTech / #theft / #Piracy / #Publishing / #UniNSW <https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/07/i-have-been-an-ai-researcher-for-40-years-what-tech-giants-are-doing-to-book-publishing-is-akin-to-theft>
So, cancelled my Spotify subscription.
What are you using to stream music and podcasts?
- Apple Music?
- Tidal?
- Amazon Music?
- Napster?
- youtube music?
Anything else?
I will try most of these apps for a month to see what makes me happy.
But happy to hear about your opinions, especially how good the UI/UX of the (Android) App is.
Oh and it should work on Linux too.
Can I claim to be a #tiktokrefugee for free followers?
What about #napster ? #friendster ? #myspace ? #windowsXP ? #dos ?
Ok, I know what you want.... My blockbuster rental history huh? Or the favorite toys I got from #toysrus ? Definitely either my old #tamagotchi or #gameboy....
I just saw a video of an artist responding to a fan who asked if they should stream their music on Tidal rather than on Spotify. The artist's answer: If they got all their Spotify streams on Tidal, they would earn around 4'500 $ instead of 800 $. With Apple Music, it'd still be around 2'400 $.
The numbers vary a bit, but looking up payout rates, this seems to be the right ballpark. I didn't find a handy table, so take the attached AI summary with a grain of salt.
There are almost no network effects on Spotify, but they're the biggest player, so artists can't afford not to be there. But if you care about their revenue – or even just sticking it to a de-facto monopolist –, consider switching your app. It's just a small inconvenience, but others will benefit from it. :)
Irresistible Bliss turned out to be exactly what it says on the tin. I enjoyed it so much that I went on to the third Soul Coughing album, 1998's El Oso. Then I went back in time to 1994 to listen to an old favourite, Ruby Vroom. Down to This is among many fun tracks on this album;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tevx55rRNRM
From memory, Sugar Free Jazz and
Bus to Beelzebub were among the tunes I downloaded as mp3s from Napster, back when that was a thing.
I think it's hilarious that some people aren't buying the #Metallica #BeatSaber DLC because they are still mad about #Napster.
@DJDarren @labr Story time! "This Holiday Season", often attributed (wrongly) to #TomWaits and #PeterMurphy. It "went viral" without credits on P2P file sharing sites like #Napster circa Y2K, when we were never really sure if what we were downloading was what it said it was, and this one wasn't, but what was it? Turns out it's a clever parody from #PornOrchard of #AthensGA, from a 1992 compilation "The Mother Of All Flagpole Christmas Albums". One for the Grinches ;-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=238FZYg3X20
The Recording Industry Association of America sued the peer-to-peer file-sharing service #Napster OTD in 1999, alleging copyright infringement https://cromwell-intl.com/technical/wma-or-flac-to-mp3.html?s=mb #music #history
@401matthall Dropping #Napster now too! 
The journal Fast Capitalism just published a special section on #Napster's 25th anniversary containing no less than ten articles. Looks interesting:
https://fastcapitalism.journal.library.uta.edu/index.php/fastcapitalism/issue/view/33
#p2p #filesharing #piracy #mediastudies #musicindustry #criticaltheory
#PenguinRandomHouse changes their in-book copyright statement to forbid #AI training on the content.
However, this is no reason for authors to joy, says @pluralistic, citing evidence going back to #Napster and #Spotify. #MustRead
«Until then, remember, just because you're on their side, it doesn't mean they're on your side. They don't want to prevent AI slop from reducing your wages, they just want to make sure it's their AI slop puts you on the breadline.»
https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/19/gander-sauce/#just-because-youre-on-their-side-it-doesnt-mean-theyre-on-your-side
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