Comments on: Best Buy Acquires Napster to Bolster Web Retail

By: Napster CEO and President Dismissed by Best Buy – GigaOM

Napster CEO and President Dismissed by Best Buy – GigaOM — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:37:05 +0000

[...] the nearly 20 months since Best Buy announced plans to acquire Napster for $121 million, the music subscription market has become a lot more crowded, with services such [...]

By: Spotify Is the New Napster – But Which One?

Spotify Is the New Napster – But Which One? — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:47:17 +0000

[...] “legal” Napster, a music rental company that failed to win over the mass market before being sold to Best Buy last [...]

By: ampbuzz

ampbuzz — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:57:46 +0000

@ a.b. daba

Thanks for regurgitating techdirt

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Period Three Blog » Best Buy snags Napster — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:06:24 +0000

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By: Apple quiere extender el DRM a la ropa que usamos | Noticias, novedades, tecnología, programación - Bit & Bit

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:06:18 +0000

[...] Lejos queda aquel 6 de febrero de 2007 en que Steve Jobs, CEO de Apple consideraba que los DRM eran malos y poco justos para los consumidores. La empresa ha patentado un sistema para restringir con qué zapatos o con qué ropa podemos usar el sistema de Nik…. [...]

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Techheds » Blog Archive » TH-2008-09-15 #27 Do it Yourself Video — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:20:03 +0000

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By: Economía y Empresas: Apple quiere extender el DRM a la ropa que usamos - ALT1040

Economía y Empresas: Apple quiere extender el DRM a la ropa que usamos - ALT1040 — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:30:07 +0000

[...] CEO de Apple consideraba que los DRM eran malos y poco justos para los consumidores. La empresa ha patentado un sistema para restringir con qué zapatos o con qué ropa podemos usar el sistema de Nik…. ← Anterior | Inicio Comparte esta anotación [...]

By: Economía y Empresas: Best Buy compra Napster - ALT1040

Economía y Empresas: Best Buy compra Napster - ALT1040 — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:19:56 +0000

[...] cadena de tiendas de electrónica Best Buy, compró Napster en 121 millones de dólares. La idea era tener una infraestructura que les permita vender canciones sin DRM. Pobre [...]

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links for 2008-09-15 « 思考と習作（ブックマーク） — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:30:47 +0000

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By: A.B. Dada

A.B. Dada — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:47:52 +0000

Money, meet toilet.

What a waste of money for Best Buy investors. Digital content control is not the future of profitability: not for Napster, not for iTunes, not for any of the myriad of companies that believe that distributing content is a profitable venture for the midterm future.

As the youth grow up realizing that digital content is near unlimited in supply (thanks to P2P), the price will continue to fall. DRM and other protective means will not hamper distribution of content that costs very little to distribute.

This is a bad thing for the monopolistic industries that have controlled not just recorded content but promotional content (such as live music promoters, etc): they’re fearing going the way of the do-do, and it seems like they are.

Bands that couldn’t earn a buck selling albums in the past in the payola days (up until recently) are now finding a decent income touring: selling their labors to customers, just like you and I do with our jobs.

I can’t imagine why the big companies think content sales are key. We’ve progressed beyond the need for radio, TV, and the other controlled content distribution industries. There’s money to be made selling art and productions, but it is made more by offering one’s services uniquely (face-to-face possibly), not by hoping to be a top album seller.