Napster 2.0 public beta to go live next week">Napster 2.0 public beta to go live next week
“Napster will be reborn next week, when Roxio releases a public beta test version of the online music service.
Roxio acquired Napster last November, essentially paying $5 million for the name. It also owns the Pressplay subscription-based music service launched by major labels Universal and Sony, but later offloaded to Roxio.
The new service, dubbed Napster 2.0, probably owes more to Apple’s iTunes Music Service than the notorious music sharing software of old, long since shut down by the music industry’s contributory copyright infringement lawsuit.”
