Start Paying for Napster in June. “Germany’s publishing powerhouse Bertelsmann said on Monday it was planning for an
early summer introduction of a subscription service of Napster music downloads over the Internet.” Wired And Gnutella is spreading itself thin. “Predictions that Gnutella would quickly offer an effective file-swapping alternative to
Napster have proven premature, with the technology’s own developers admitting
more work is needed before it will take off as a way to trade free music and other
digital wares. ” ZDNet
