| As an incoming student at Vanderbilt University, I think this is an awesome deal. I mean $2 a month (or $16 an academic year) is a great deal to listen to all the music that Napster has to offer. It does have limitations, though. The Napster deals only allows students to have "tethered" downloads, meaning that they can be saved onto a computer and are essentially being rented for as long as the service is renewed.
If you want to put songs onto a CD or an MP3 player (iPod) you have to BUY the tracks individually as you would from iTunes. But in the least it lets people listen to full tracks and from there one has the opportunity to go out and buy the song or album if one really likes a song or album.
For me, it's a great deal. I can legally listen to my Mozart, The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, and whoever else I want. It's cool that I have guaranteed music available on Napster and that I won't have to search on a P2P and risk getting a virus (extreme example, but plausible).
It's not some miraculous deal, but for what it's worth it's pretty good. Vandy has awesome deals, and they ought to for the $50,000 a year price tag it costs to attend. |
