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[FYI] Napster to ditch MP3 for proprietary format



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.  

Yep, in what is the final nail in the coffin of what Napster once 
stood for, the company has done a deal with PlayMedia Systems to 
develop the new .nap format. PlayMedia will work on encryption and 
playback and Bertlesmann will tie it in with a digital rights system 
so files can't be swapped without people paying for them.  

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