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Napster, you're wrong for this!!

I downloaded about 300 songs on my SONY MP3 player. Recently when I have tried to listen to my music it says "license has expired" Why can't I listen to the music I've already paid for??? Now that my membership is canceled the songs no longer play!!! More importantly I have NO idea my membership was canceled! That is wrong. So basically I have to pay Napster forever to listen to my MP3 player, right?
 
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  • SubFuze
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    Think of Napster like you think of Netflix (or more specifically, Netflix Watch Instantly)- you have unlimited usage privileges while you're a subscriber, but when you stop paying, you don't have right to use the content anymore.

    It's a trade-off between ownership and access. If you were to buy all 300 of those songs as MP3s from Napster (or any other digital music service), you'd be out about $300 up front. However, as a Napster subscriber, that same $300 would allow you to access those songs (and all the others available on Napster) for 20 months.

    If you only ever want those 300 songs, it probably makes more sense to buy them, but if you add more than 15 songs to your collection on average every month, it's cheaper to maintain a subscription than to buy every song you want.

    As for why your account was canceled, I'm guessing you signed up with a gift card and didn't supply a credit card, or your credit card got denied when it came time to renew your subscription. As with most monthly subscriptions, your account is going to stay active as long you don't cancel and they can keep charging your card.
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