Real Desperation: Napster Music Is Free. Again.

The most recent numbers put Apple’s portable music player market share at over 70-percent, and the iTunes Music Store’s market share at over 80-percent.

What’s the competition doing? Charging more and giving it away.

It’s the tale of two cities; the Real Networks camp, where they charge for everything, even products that are free everywhere else.

And, there’s the Napster camp, which can’t make money selling music, so they’ll try to make money by giving the music.... (excerpted).

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