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Originally Posted by JackSpratts
this is truly a first. nobody else is offering this now, and no one ever did before.
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Well, about five years ago, before Yahoo acquired them, LAUNCH tried it but they were forced to cripple it by the RIAA. Now they're just like any streaming radio station out there. So what we're witnessing is really Napster's bid to compete with Yahoo Music's established streaming radio that for a year now has featured direct download links in their radio streams. A while ago I signed up for a year of high bitrate LAUNCHcast Plus for $36. It's almost free (10¢ per day) and you can't choose which songs it will play (thank you Hilary Rosen
), but I think it beats Napster's new free service.