Re: [FYI] Napster to ditch MP3 for proprietary format

[Joerg-Olaf Schaefers <js@fx3.de>]

Hallo Axel,

Tuesday, July 17, 2001, 6:25:16 PM, you wrote:

> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/20428.html

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> Napster to ditch MP3 for proprietary format  

> By Kieren McCarthy  

> Posted: 17/07/2001 at 10:51 GMT  

> Napster is going to ditch the MP3 format altogether and run instead 
> with a proprietary format, .nap, that will include a digital rights 
> aspect and keep music companies off its back.  [...]

Wie Anfang des Jahres angekündigt, siehe
http://www.fitug.de/debate/0102/msg00426.html

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http://news.webnoize.com/item.rs?ID=12033


 "The system will impose limitations on how the files may be used,
including control of over whether files can be burned to CDs or
transferred to portable devices. "

 "Additionally, files will only be transferable to portable devices
made by companies that have licensed Napster's technology.

  "Users will only be able to play files on their computers, using a
software player built into a new client application that Napster will
build"

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[...]
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http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,41880,00.html

[...] Expected out by mid-summer, the new system would "tag" files as
they are traded across the Napster network. Each file would then be
wrapped in an encryption system, allowing content owners to determine
how the new files could be used. The system would remove the MP3s from
the system and replace them with a new, proprietary, digital rights
management system that has not yet been developed. [...]

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Letztendlich läuft es also wohl auf ein proprietaeres Format hinaus.
Ob es eine ausreichende Akzeptanz bei Industrie und Usern erreichen
kann wird sich zeigen.

MfG
 Olaf

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