No Rock And Roll Fun

NOT WHAT IT SAYS ON THE CAN: Napster are really, really, trying to pretend that they're still a peer to peer network, rather than a library: Brad Duea tells the BBC:

"Often, when people are describing peer-to-peer, they are really describing the desire to have the ability to share music, to look at other peoples' collections, to communicate. And we deliver that."

Erm, except the sharing piece of the equation - these files are .wma, and so have DRM tying them up as tightly as the girls from The 411 in their corsets. And, frankly, to pretend that what people liked about Napster was the ability to send instant messages to other Busted fans is just brazen. Sure, it was great being able to browse what other people had - because you could then download it from them. You can't do that any more.