Does Napster have showtunes?

Yesterday I lost all of my CDs, (I'll spare you my angry rant) so I'm trying to replace stuff by getting it off Napster's free trial. They don't seem to have showtunes, but I may be missing something. Has anyone gotten broadway songs off Napster before?

Yeah, I'd send you some songs too. Angry rant or no, if someone stole my showtunes, I think I'd die.

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Be sure to read the fine print. I think the free trial applies to their subscription service meaning when you stop paying, you lose the music. You can also buy tracks, of course, but that isn't free.

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Well, if you burn the music right away to an mp3 player or cd, the cd doesn't know you lost the license. lol

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I have iTunes and just a few hours ago downloaded the free Napster Light to see which had more of a selection fitting to my tastes. iTunes has most all shows to download. Napster has CRAP. There's not even a tab for Soundtracks or Shows. That's a hint right there. Searched for Caroline, got nothing. They do have Wicked, but that's all I saw, and... yeah.

try iTunes.

There seem to be 2 different business models that these sites follow.

The first is fairly straightforward - you pay for each track or album, download it, and get specific use rights (burn X # of playlists, copy to X # of computers, etc.).

The second model is subscription based. You pay a monthly fee and get access to a large number of tracks that you can stream (i.e. listen to, but not download) and possibly a certain number of downloads. You may also get access to internet radio stations or other services. If you stop paying your subscription fee, most, if not all, of your music goes away. All of the subsctiption services have different features, so you have to compare very carefully.

The story gets more complicated with some companies because they offer both models from the same site. I think this is the case with Napster. Some companies also require you to use their software while others are web-based.

I would love to be more specific, but I still buy all my music on CD. My only direct experience with the legal download sites is a couple of tracks I bought off iTunes just to test it out.

Hope this helps,

Zack

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If anyone can IM me sometime and send me some tracks from the revival of "Nine" I'd be ever so thankful! ( I'm looking for "Call from the Vatican" and "Unusual Way".) My IM is: CherOfTheSeas

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Updated On: 9/4/04 at 11:40 PM

You can download the iTunes software for free (no trial), which you can use as a regular audio player. Set up an account to use the Music Store. I believe that you can save the songs/albums you buy to your computer, having the ability to burn them yourself.

um... secret about to be disclosed.

Kazaa Lite It is great.

look into it!

Robert

The thing about these illegal sites is that they can track you, I think, and I don't want to be fined or anything.

I had my car broken into in my driveway this January, and over $3,500 worth of CD's & DVD's were taken IN BROAD DAYLIGHT! We can all take some small comfort that whoever steals these CD's cannot sell these without the jewel cases, so they're pretty much stuck with CD's the average theif would never want.

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