Napster launches Japanese service
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Music download company Napster launches a service in Japan, the world's second largest music market
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The Napster To Go portable digital music subscription service, which was previewed in September, works via a plug-in to Windows Media Player 10.
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Service powered by Toshiba's Ubiquitous Viewer will launch in March in Japan.
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The major record labels, which refused initially to deal with the emerging online song file-sharing technologies, have turned over a new leaf. Shawn Fanning, who invented the original Napster in a dorm room in 1998, Thursday announced his new firm, Snocap, which offers record companies and independent artists a vehicle to make money from their music traded on so-called peer-to-peer  services.
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Napster Inc, one of the largest digital music  retailers, said it will partner with Swedish telecom equipment  maker Ericsson and Chilean telecommunications company Entel PCS  to launch its mobile music service in Latin America for the  first time.
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Microsoft Corp. will begin its music download service in Japan with an initial offering of 50,000 songs, a spokeswoman for the U.S. software giant's online service unit said Wednesday.
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Napster creator Shawn Fanning is trying to make peace with the music industry. His newest venture will help the record labels and peer-to-peer networks work together to create new digital music businesses. By Katie Dean.
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(InfoWorld) - Napster will launch its first mobile download service for Europe in Ireland later this month on TelefÃ³nica's O2 Ireland network. Customers will have access to Napster Mobile's catalog of 3 million songs, ring tones, and artist images. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, which isÂ hosting and managing the serviceÂ for O2, will provide other content. The service will be available initially to O2 Ireland customers with handsets using NTT DoCoMo's I-mode mobile internet service. By January, WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) and Java-enabled handsets will also be able to use the service. By February, songs purchased on Napster Mobile will be sent to a user's PC as well as their handset, the companies said. Napster does not currently have a PC download service in Ireland. The Napster Mobile application will be shipped with some I-mode handsets by O2. The application includes features such as a recommendation engine, which can pick other songs that a user may like based on their past picks, plus abilities to search, browse and preview content. Last month, Napster agreed with TMN Portugal to launch Napster Mobile for its 5 million subscribers, but no timetable was given for the start of the service. Other European countries are expected to follow.
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Online music service Napster teams up with Virgin Radio to launch a music download chart.
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Napster has unveiled a preview version of its forthcoming Napster To Go portable digital music subscription service. The offering will allow consumers to move an unlimited amount of music from Napster&#39;s catalogue
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Napster Inc. said on Tuesday its  digital music service is now available in Japan, which it  called the largest music market outside of the United States.
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Tokyo, Sept. 16 (Jiji Press)--Social networking service, a members-only online community, has rapidly been gaining popularity in Japan, fueling competition among major Internet service providers.
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Napster is offering pre-pay cards for buying tracks, opening up its online store to under-18s in the UK.
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At least one online music service without digital rights management restrictions is launching.
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In yet more file sharing news, NME is reporting that Napster founder Shawn Fanning is planning another legal music download service that will reportedly have an almost limitless amount of tracks.
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Napster on Wednesday said that Napster to Go, its fledgling portable music service, is now available to AT&amp;T Wireless subscribers who use the Audiovox SMT5600 smart phone.
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NEW YORK - Shawn Fanning, the man who founded file-swapping service Napster as a student five years ago, has resurfaced in the digital music world, with a new company that aims to bridge the divide between music labels and peer-to-peer networks.