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...When that Napster guy came up across, it was like, 'Everybody's gettin' music for free.' I was like, 'Well, why not? It ain't worth nothing anyway.'" --BOB DYLAN, singer-songwriter, in a Rolling Stone interview in which he praises records and says CDs' sound quality is "atrocious." Dylan's new album, Modern Times, comes out this week...
...trouble is, XM radio, when heard up close through headphones, sounds pretty bad. You can bookmark tracks, and buy better-quality versions from Napster for 99 cents each, but where's the fun in paying? Besides, like their predecessors, these devices were designed by XM, not Samsung or Pioneer, and the result is a poor user interface. Just because you've located a song doesn't mean you can instantly play it, for example...
...Enter MTV. That is, MTV Networks, which also includes VH1 and CMT. Unlike Napster, RealNetworks and Yahoo!, these guys are in the business of picking new music and getting listeners to like it. The key to the whole service, the thing that makes automatic sense, is that you don't use Urge to download albums or songs, but rather, to download playlists...
...does not undermine rights because it simply extends the range within which an individual can watch programs sent to his home, in the same way that making a video recording for personal use does. Slingbox specifically avoids the P2P (peer-to-peer) reach associated with music-sharing services like Napster, which got in trouble by allowing users to share material illegally. "We allow only one stream at a time,'' he notes. That is, a Slingbox routes a TV signal only to its owner. Users cannot configure it to spread the signal out to other recipients. Still, the temptations are strong...
...available online. Most have, though a few big names, including the Beatles and Radiohead, remain on the sidelines. By the company's own estimates, it made five times more tracks available in Europe than any other label. The strategy had some external help. Legal action in 2001 shut down Napster, the P2P service that was the granddaddy of illegal filesharing. Last June, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that companies whose software enables the trading of free music can be held liable for theft. Levy says the industry's legal crackdown is "paying off in raising awareness ? that stealing music...