Napster is still up and running; plus there are dozens of spin-offs - so, if
they ever do close Napster down, they will not be able to stop this type of
peer-peer file transfers...
You are absolutely correct - Dial Up Connections are slow and tedious with a
high failure rate; but, for someone looking for a rare song - I guess it's
worth it. My Mom uses Napster on DSL - she is downloading all the songs she
had growing up; and, having a blast doing it. She has actually owned the
vast majority of the songs that she downloads, so she doesn't feel bad about
it - she is simply creating "backups" of songs she has purchased in the
past... I have Napster at home; but, I also have 56K modem - so, I almost
never even try anymore from home... Where my Mom gets a song in under five
minutes, it usually takes me over 20-30; and, often the connection gets
broke leaving me with only a partial song...
As far as control: You can configure Napster to search for all mp3's on
your computer - or you can tell it specifically which folders you wish to
share. I have double-checked; and, it seems to only share what it has
permission to share (which was my personal concern). I still realize that
if the wrong person really wanted to; that they could probably over-ride
things and get into other folders/directories; but, I am only one of
billions of computers on the 'Net; and, that same person could do the same
with/without Napster - especially with users like my Mom and others who have
Static IP addresses due to DSL, Cable, T1, etc...
Hope this helps!
~Lisa
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From: "Jay Daniels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Informant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 11:59 AM
Subject: * informant * Napster?
>
> I thought they put Napster out of business?
>
> I have never used the program and was wondering -- if you can connect to
other computers and download their .mp3 files from their hard drive, then
can they also connect to your computer using Napster?
>
> If so, I would not want to use the program over a dialup connection; it's
slow enough as it is. Besides, there are many mp3 search engines online,
and I'm not that much of a music fan.
>
> How does Napster work and how do you control who connects to your
computer?
>
>
> /jay
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