{"id":19,"date":"2003-06-25T07:31:12","date_gmt":"2003-06-25T11:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tradermike.net\/movethecrowd\/2003\/06\/building_a_better_napster\/"},"modified":"2003-06-25T07:31:12","modified_gmt":"2003-06-25T11:31:12","slug":"building_a_better_napster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/06\/25\/building_a_better_napster\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a Better Napster"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a good article about the challenges Roxio will face in reviving the Napster brand<\/a>. I don’t know if anyone can come close to what Napster was in its heyday. Even Kazaa<\/a> on its best day can’t touch the old Napster<\/a>. <\/p>\n

But what I really want to know is when will all those old Prince b-sides and 12 inch singles<\/a> be available for download? I need<\/i><\/b> those bad boys! And I’ll gladly pay for CD quality copies of them. Why is it so difficult for the record labels to recognize that there’s major demand for stuff like that? Put the damn tracks online already!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a good article about the challenges Roxio will face in reviving the Napster brand. I don’t know if anyone can come close to what Napster was in its heyday. Even Kazaa on its best day can’t touch the old Napster. But what I really want to know is when will all those old Prince… Continue reading Building a Better Napster<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,11,16],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/06\/23\/hit_the_road_get_paid\/","url_meta":{"origin":19,"position":0},"title":"Hit the Road, Get Paid","date":"June 23, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's a look at the music industry, and why touring is the way to get rich. As CD sales sag under Napster-style piracy, Jay-Z and other hot acts--especially craggy veterans--turn to concert tours to reap their real fortunes. Playing to crowds of 20,000, Jay-Z should net around $100,000 per performance,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Music"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":292,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2004\/03\/20\/kool_mo_dees_new_book_ranks_the_50_greatest_mcs\/","url_meta":{"origin":19,"position":1},"title":"Kool Mo Dee’s New Book Ranks the 50 Greatest MCs","date":"March 20, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Let the greatest MC argument begin anew. Kool Mo Dee was on Tavis Smiley's show last night promoting his new book, There's a God on the Mic: The True 50 Greatest MCs. It seems that Mo Dee, like many of us, was moved to make his own list after seeing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Music"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"http:\/\/www.awltovhc.com\/image-1550889-10282364","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}