Napster Announces Unlimited Streaming, New Pricing Model

Remember 10 years ago when Napster was the new hot thing on the interwebs? You could download as much as you wanted, had access the rarest of the rare tracks and had no-strings-attached previewing of virtually everything. Then, Metallica and Dr. Dre crashed the party and ruined everything. The company shut down, and iTunes took over, giving money where money was due, as other peer-to-peer networks tried to pick up the slack.

Since then, the company was bought by Roxio (2002) and now recently by Best Buy (late 2008). With the latter in control, the company is rolling out yet another model: unlimited streaming and five downloads for $5 a month. That's basically $1.00 per download plus all the streams your little, greedy heart desires. Not a bad deal, considering you could pay up to $1.29 per song from iTunes.

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