# Is there a good alternative to napster?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-alternative-to-napster/73965>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 27, 2001, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-alternative-to-napster/73965 "2001-07-27T14:30:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-alternative-to-napster/73965/1 "2001-07-27T14:30:02Z")

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besides buying the cd? 🙂 One with a decent client base? thanks.

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**Author:** ![flyboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4da419/32.png) [@flyboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flyboy)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-alternative-to-napster/73965/2 "2001-07-27T14:33:30Z")

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Try a search, although I’m not sure if any of the links will be left. Mods don’t like these post-Napster threads.

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**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2001, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-alternative-to-napster/73965/3 "2001-07-27T14:38:13Z")

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We don’t approve of our message board being used to promote illegal activity. So I’m closing this thread.  
Jill