# is NAPSTER gone forever?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-napster-gone-forever/120709>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 25, 2002, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-napster-gone-forever/120709 "2002-07-25T05:20:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hayduke\_Lives](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Hayduke\_Lives](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hayduke_Lives)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-napster-gone-forever/120709/1 "2002-07-25T05:20:58Z")

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With KaZaA available, I’m not really concerned but, is napster ever coming back?

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**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-napster-gone-forever/120709/2 "2002-07-25T06:54:25Z")

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Opinion: Probably not; I very much doubt it.

Fact: I don’t know.

Audiogalaxy is no good anymore either. By the way, since I’m looking for a new site for downloads, would you recommend kazaa over Imesh?

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**Author:** ![Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Kahuna_Burger)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-napster-gone-forever/120709/3 "2002-07-25T06:56:57Z")

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The Chicago Reader doesn’t like people talking about taking copyrighted material from other sources, so expect this thread to be closed down as soon as a mod sees it.

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-napster-gone-forever/120709/4 "2002-07-25T07:24:36Z")

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Napster has been bought by Bertelsmann. If it comes back it will be as an honest business, not as a file-stealing operation.

We at the Straight Dope don’t permit discussions that facilitate copyright infringement, which is the direction this discussion seems to be heading. This thread is closed.

bibliophage  
moderator GQ