Napster to give students free music

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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.

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 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 aims to lure customers with free
music player

Napster aims to lure customers with free
music player 06/17/2004 12:25 AM
Roxio's Napster said on Wednesday that it is now offering a free digital music player with a one-year subscription...

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 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.

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 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 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.

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

Students give university ratings

Students give university ratings 01/23/2004 02:19 PM
A government survey will rank universities according to students' views on their quality.

Students 'could give £400 a year'

Students 'could give £400 a year' 05/13/2004 12:22 PM
Universities could make £600m more annually by asking for donations, a report says.

Students Give Out Burned CDs At Prom

Students Give Out Burned CDs At Prom 05/14/2004 09:02 PM
Some high school students organizing a prom in Wisconsin thought it would be a great idea to give out a CD to each of approximately 500 students who came to the prom - as a nice memento. They spent $1,845 to have the CD cases professionally made, but didn't think about actually paying for the songs. They just burned the CD's three songs themselves. The RIAA won't say what they're doing, but clearly they're looking into the situation. Obviously, the kids involved broke the law. It's an open and shut case of copyright infringement. However, take a step back and ask the more important questions: did the recording industry "lose" anything in doing this? First off, it's unlikely they would have allowed the students to create the CD in the first place - so it wasn't as if they lost out on the fees they would have charged. Even if they somehow were convinced to allow it, they likely would have charged an amount that would have been too costly for the students. Again, they wouldn't have lost anything because no money would have been paid. Finally, since the students did go out and put a grand total of three songs on the CD, how many "sales" can the industry claim they lost? The students didn't receive a whole CD, and it's likely that some of the students liked one, two or all three of the songs on the CD - and may have been intrigued enough by the songs to go out and purchase the CD that they came from. The law here is clear. The students were wrong. However, shouldn't we look at whether or not that makes any sense?

Students Upset To Give Up Email In The
Real World

Students Upset To Give Up Email In The
Real World 06/17/2004 05:16 AM
Here's yet another sign that the economy must be improving: the biggest complaint that some students have coming out of college isn't that they can't find a job or don't know what they want to do with their lives, but that they're going to lose their college email account. Somehow, I think they'll get over it. Still, it does make you wonder why most universities don't keep those emails as forwarding addresses. The NY Times reporter claims that all university forwarding addresses are different from the student's addresses - but that's not true. My alma mater is kind enough to let everyone keep their email addresses forever as forwarding addresses. Besides, in this day and age, I'm surprised that some people rely so much on their university email address. Most students graduating today were likely to have had internet access before they got to college, so I would have expected many students to already be comfortable with a non-university address when they entered school.

Students give Maine iBook program high
marks

Students give Maine iBook program high
marks 03/14/2003 04:54 PM
"Thirteen-year-old Jeremy Harmon says that learning on a laptop computer is more fun than just reading a book," writes Tess Nacelewicz for the Portland Press Herald...

Duke to Give Apple iPods to First-Year
Students for Educational Use

Duke to Give Apple iPods to First-Year
Students for Educational Use 07/21/2004 09:42 AM
Duke University is giving away "free" iPods to incoming freshman .. supply all of its new freshmen this year with iPods .. handing our 1650 iPods to freshmen .. Dude

dukenews.duke.edu/news/ipods_0704.html
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"Duke to Give Apple iPods to First-Year
Students for Educational Use"

"Duke to Give Apple iPods to First-Year
Students for Educational Use" 07/21/2004 02:44 AM

Sibling Students Imprinted by Business
Fundraising and Corporate Give-Aways 101

Sibling Students Imprinted by Business
Fundraising and Corporate Give-Aways 101 09/13/2004 03:19 AM
Texas based Mytithe has been launched by sister-brother pair, Jackie and Michael, to provide fundraising products to non-profit organizations, associations and clubs, as well as corporate give-away branding programs. [PRWEB Sep 13, 2004]

Napster gives away music player

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

Dixons makes music with Napster

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

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.

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 '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 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 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 with
subscription

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

Napster offers free seven-day trial

Napster offers free seven-day trial 05/20/2004 09:50 AM
Personal Computer World May 20 2004 2:03PM GMT

Napster Tests Music-On-The-Go
Subscription Service

Napster Tests Music-On-The-Go
Subscription Service 09/02/2004 09:41 PM
TechWeb Sep 3 2004 2:19AM GMT

Napster Gives Away Music Players with
Subscription (Reuters)

Napster Gives Away Music Players with
Subscription (Reuters) 06/16/2004 09:12 PM
Reuters - Roxio Inc.'s (ROXI.O) Napster said on Wednesday it is offering free digital music players with a one-year subscription in the latest bid by an online music service to lure consumers with promotional offers.

Napster damns music licensing
'challenges'

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

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.

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.

iTunes Music Store Outsells Napster Five
to One

iTunes Music Store Outsells Napster Five
to One 11/06/2003 09:40 PM

Napster and LM Ericsson partner for
music service

Napster and LM Ericsson partner for
music service 06/17/2005 07:13 PM
The second front in the online music service war, the cell phone, is opening up. The Motorola/Apple alliance is being challenged, but is this the real challenge?

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.

Napster becomes the first big music
store to cross the Atlantic

Napster becomes the first big music
store to cross the Atlantic 05/20/2004 09:45 PM
Napster Thursday announced that it was open for business in the UK. Downloads are priced at £1.09 each, and they plan on continuing rollout on to the Continent.
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