Penn State and Napster Offer 'Free' Music?

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Penn State to offer Napster service to
students

Penn State to offer Napster service to
students 11/06/2003 09:58 AM
Students at Pennsylvania State University will soon be able to listen to digital music through the recently relaunched Napster 2.0 free of charge. The existence of Penn State's new online music service with Napster was confirmed Thursday by an announcement posted on the University's Web site. The details of the service are expected to be outlined by University President Graham Spanier at 02:15 p.m. Eastern time, after Spanier's scheduled appearance at a technology conference in Anaheim, California.

Napster to provide music to Penn State

Napster to provide music to Penn State 11/07/2003 02:05 AM

During a panel presentation on peer-to-peer file sharing at the Educause conference this morning, Graham Spanier , President of The Pennsylvania State University , announced a deal with Napster that will give Penn State students access to music for $.99 per song downloaded. A Penn State press release outlines the way in which the service is expected to work:

• Students living in residence halls at a dozen Penn State campuses will be able to participate initially.
• Unlimited streaming of music files will be available from Napster’s inventory of more than 500,000 songs.
• Tethered downloading is included at no additional charge. This means a student can download and keep the music files on up to three personal computers. These songs can be burned to CDs or transferred to portable devices if purchased for 99 cents each.

Penn State plans to roll out a pilot of the program beginning in January. The deal is being promoted as a way to provide students with the ability to download music legally while addressing issues of bandwidth overload.

Penn State Students to Get Free Music
From Napster

Penn State Students to Get Free Music
From Napster 11/06/2003 09:35 PM
Mr. Show writes "Napster and Penn State have unveiled a deal to give faculty and students free access to music beginning next spring. The deal would give ...

Napster, Penn State reportedly in music
pact

Napster, Penn State reportedly in music
pact 11/05/2003 10:34 PM
CNET Nov 5 2003 10:18PM ET

Napster and Penn State Announce Free
Music Deal

Napster and Penn State Announce Free
Music Deal 11/06/2003 03:52 PM
New York Times Nov 6 2003 2:43PM ET

Penn State, Napster Ink Pact

Penn State, Napster Ink Pact 11/06/2003 07:21 PM
Penn State students will receive a free subscription to Napster as a way of curtailing illegal music downloads on campus. The deal could pave the way for similar services at other schools. By Katie Dean.

Penn State Students Pissed Off About
Napster Deal

Penn State Students Pissed Off About
Napster Deal 11/07/2003 03:13 AM
This probably wasn't what administrators at Penn State were expecting after working out the deal to let on-campus students acces s Napster music streams without charge to the students. Instead of being happy, many Penn State students are pisse d off at administrators for wasting their money. Despite the Penn State claims that the service is "free", clearly the university is paying for the service, and those fees will be reflected in tuition - or at least, they'll be withheld from something else on campus. The students say they don't want to be forced to pay money to a recording industry they don't agree with, who is giving them something of extremely limited value (no downloads, just a limited choice of streams - and only if you happen to be on campus).

Penn State students blast Napster deal

Penn State students blast Napster deal 11/06/2003 10:46 PM
CNET Nov 6 2003 10:42PM ET

Penn State inks Napster deal for
students

Penn State inks Napster deal for
students 11/10/2003 11:12 PM
Today it came to light that Penn State has reached a deal with Napster to provide its students with access to the new online music service/store.

A Slashdot post about how Penn State
students log on to Napster 2.0

A Slashdot post about how Penn State
students log on to Napster 2.0 01/16/2004 10:57 AM
A Slashdot post about how Penn State students log on to Napster 2.0 gives a glimpse of one possible future of identity management, and it's damn complicated.

Penn State President loves Microsoft,
Napster, the RIAA and Al Gore (true)

Penn State President loves Microsoft,
Napster, the RIAA and Al Gore (true) 12/11/2003 05:00 PM
The ultimate groupies

Penn State begins free music download
service for students

Penn State begins free music download
service for students 01/18/2004 02:46 PM

On January 12, the University of Pennsylvania began providing its on campus student body free access to Napster 2.0's subscription music service through a campus-wide contract with Napster. The contract allows students to listen to streaming audio or "tethered downloads" for free. (Tethered downloads are downloaded music files that will only play as long as the user maintains a subscription to Napster, or in this case, as long as the student remains at Penn State.) Alternately, students can pay 99¢ a track to burn songs to disk or transfer them to a mp3 player.

According to the Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription required) other schools are watching the experiment closely to see if the availability of free legal music downloads will reduce illegal file sharing on campus. As part of the contract, Napster has provided local caching servers for about 90 percent of the most requested songs which is expected to improve performance and reduce network congestion. According to Penn State Live , almost 3000 students (of 17,000 eligible students) registered for the service on the first day, streaming or downloading about 100,000 songs. No network congestion was reported.

Penn State Does Deal To Provide Sort Of
Free Music Streams To Students

Penn State Does Deal To Provide Sort Of
Free Music Streams To Students 11/05/2003 09:23 PM
Well, it's a step, but it's not as big a deal as some are going to make it out to be. Over at Penn State they've been talking about this idea for a while, but they've now signed a deal with Roxio's Napster 2.0 to provide "free" music streams to students on campus. They're really hyping up the whole free bit, but I'm quite sure the music industry is still getting paid from someone - and that someone is Penn State. So, while it may appear free, the price will get added into tuition or other fees. Meanwhile, the offering is nice, but it's not real file sharing. It's not even downloads. They just allow streaming music for what Napster happens to have in its library. If they want more, they're out of luck. If they want to download or burn to a CD, they have to pay. Of course, this doesn't exactly fit with the MPAA's educational campaign of "if you didn't buy it, you stole it". If anything, this sort of thing might confuse the message. That said, I still think it's good that there's at least some recognition for alternative business models, even if I'm not sure this is a particularly good one.

There is magic behind Penn State's
Napster deal

There is magic behind Penn State's
Napster deal 11/12/2003 02:59 PM
Letters Only communists want something for nothing

Entertainment Industry Gets In The Way
Of Education At Penn State

Entertainment Industry Gets In The Way
Of Education At Penn State 05/20/2004 04:00 PM
Penn State University has a cozy relationship with the RIAA - and it shows in a variety of policies they've put in place which seem designed more to appease their RIAA friends than to encourage education or a real analysis of issues. They were one of the first universities to kick students off the university network when it was discovered they had set up a local area system for exchanging files. Then, of course, they put in place the somewhat useless (and mostly unwanted) plan to take student funds to pay Napster so that students can get streaming music which they don't get to keep and which only works on campus. Now, Ed Felten reports that the university has forbidden any student from operating any kind of server from a dorm. Despite the fact that it seems clear that whoever came up with this policy doesn't seem to know what a server is, Felten points out just how terrible this is from an education standpoint. They're preventing students from learning about important and useful technologies just because there's a chance that students may use a server to infringe on copyrights. In other words the risk of infringement outweighs the benefits of education to the administration at Penn State.

2004 to Bring 'Free' Net Music

2004 to Bring 'Free' Net Music 12/22/2003 11:18 PM
CNN writes that "The great digital music giveaway is about to begin." They expect that next year will mark promotions by companies to push their mu...

Penn State warns students off of
Internet Explorer

Penn State warns students off of
Internet Explorer 12/19/2004 03:46 PM
Penn State is advising its students to drop Internet Explorer in favor of alternative browsers. The decision to advise against IE use arises out of concerns about security.

Brands To Use 'Free' Music To Lure Teens

Brands To Use 'Free' Music To Lure Teens 12/21/2003 07:06 PM
Music giveaways are understood to foster customer loyalty. What's more, they provide consumers with powerful incentives to use the related products, executives say. By Brian Garrity (Billboard via MyAppleMenu)

Real to 'free' iPod from iTunes Music
Store

Real to 'free' iPod from iTunes Music
Store 07/26/2004 05:34 AM
Harmony tunes player into Rhapsody

Penn State trustee and RIAA lawyer
denies conflict of interests

Penn State trustee and RIAA lawyer
denies conflict of interests 11/11/2003 04:27 PM
Here's to you, Mr. Robinson

"End-of-semester pressure can lead to
plagiarism - Krystle Kopacz, Penn State
Collegian"

"End-of-semester pressure can lead to
plagiarism - Krystle Kopacz, Penn State
Collegian" 12/15/2003 10:29 PM

What went wrong at Wright State when
Napster arrived

What went wrong at Wright State when
Napster arrived 07/21/2004 02:55 PM
Opinion A lose, lose proposition

Napster to Offer U.S. Military Access,
Discounts (Reuters)

Napster to Offer U.S. Military Access,
Discounts (Reuters) 08/11/2004 07:17 PM
Reuters - Digital music service Napster said on Wednesday it will offer special access to downloads and discount subscriptions to active and retired U.S. military personnel and their families.

Napster gives away music player

Napster gives away music player 06/17/2004 05:12 AM
BBC Jun 17 2004 8:53AM GMT

Napster launches UK music store

Napster launches UK music store 05/20/2004 08:31 AM
BBC May 20 2004 1:18PM GMT

Napster Discounts Music For Troops

Napster Discounts Music For Troops 08/11/2004 03:39 PM

In a move to save US service members money they can get the monthly service for $8.95 per month and single downloads for .88 cents a track and 10% off on all Albums. I support companies that support our troops. [Centric Mall]

Napster to give away music players

Napster to give away music players 06/17/2004 03:19 AM
CNET Jun 17 2004 6:46AM GMT

Napster to give students music

Napster to give students music 11/06/2003 03:52 PM
The music service announces a deal with Penn State University to give students access to music funded by student fees, in an attempt to replace campus file-swapping with legal listening.

Napster gives away music players with
subscription

Napster gives away music players with
subscription 06/17/2004 02:58 PM

Napster launches UK music service

Napster launches UK music service 05/20/2004 06:54 AM
The former file-sharing pioneer Napster returns to the UK with a paid-for music download service.

Napster to 'Rent' Music for Portables

Napster to 'Rent' Music for Portables 02/05/2005 09:15 PM
In its latest effort to unseat online music leader iTunes, Napster has turned its focus back to subscriptions. The digital music store is launching what it calls "Napster to Go," which allows customers to copy an unlimited number of songs to portable devices for a flat monthly fee of $14.95 USD.

Napster launches music service in UK

Napster launches music service in UK 05/20/2004 07:13 AM
Napster is the first Internet music stores to make its European debut, with its launch today at www.napster.co.uk, reports Reuters...

Napster gives away music players to new
subscribers

Napster gives away music players to new
subscribers 06/17/2004 08:23 AM
iTunes Music Store rival Napster LLC is giving away digital music players to new subscribers to its music download service. U.S. customers paying in advance for a year's subscription to the Napster service, costing US$119.40, will receive a free portable music player with a 128MB memory, the company said.

Dixons makes music with Napster

Dixons makes music with Napster 05/06/2004 07:31 AM
vnunet.com May 6 2004 10:52AM GMT

Music site Napster eyes UK launch

Music site Napster eyes UK launch 05/06/2004 04:39 AM
Music download site Napster unveils a UK partner, the high-street electronics chain Dixons.

Napster 2.0 Now Live For Music Fans
Nationwide

Napster 2.0 Now Live For Music Fans
Nationwide 10/29/2003 11:30 PM
Napster, a division of Roxio (Nasdaq: ROXI), announced that the highly-anticipated Napster 2.0 music service went live to music fans across America today. The most well-known music brand in the world, Napster 2.0 offers consumers downloads for just 99 cents a song or $9.95 per album, CD burning, transfer to portable devices, decades of Billboard charts, shared playlists within the Napster community, exclusive and original content, interactive radio, music videos, and access to the world’s largest music store with more than half-a-million tracks and growing.

Napster Launches Music-To-Go Service
(NewsFactor)

Napster Launches Music-To-Go Service
(NewsFactor) 09/03/2004 02:36 PM
NewsFactor - U.S. music-downloading service Napster has launched a preview version of its Napster To Go portable music service, which incorporates Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) latest digital-rights management software, Janus.

Napster unveils portable music service

Napster unveils portable music service 09/02/2004 08:39 AM
Janus DRM'd for personal stereos

Napster damns music licensing
'challenges'

Napster damns music licensing
'challenges' 04/20/2004 08:39 AM
Getting UK distribution rights is 'frustrating'
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