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Imagine having the expertise of your favourite record store combined with the vastness of a digital catalogue. Napster is a legal membership-based music service offering unlimited access to one of the largest digital music catalogues available with more than 8 million tracks in every possible genre and in the best available quality. You can play Napster on the web from anywhere. Napster is packed full of music discovery features such as radio stations and expertly programmed playlists all easily personalised around your music tastes. It’s easy to discover old favourites, the latest bands and set the mood for any occasion. All this at a low monthly price with no hidden charges. There are three types of Napster services - Napster Unlimited, Napster To Go and Napster Light.
Napster Unlimited (£9.95 per month) is our unlimited PC service. With Napster Unlimited you can access more than 8 million tracks from 625,000 artists, from one of the largest digital music catalogues available. Napster has whatever you are looking for from old favourites to the very latest releases along with easy to use music discovery features for finding music you love and discovering something new.

Napster Unlimited is packed full of features to help you get the most out of your membership:

  • Play your music from any internet connected PC or download to listen offline.
  • All the latest releases ready to play every Monday.
  • Music in every genre from the mainstream to the obscure.
  • 90+ expertly programmed radio stations, all ad free!
  • 100’s of handpicked playlists or create your own using Automix.
  • Advanced recommendation engine makes discovering new music easy.
  • Exclusive NapsterLive sessions and pre-release listening parties from the hottest bands, unavailable anywhere else.
  • Easy to import your existing digital music catalogue to the Napster player to enjoy all your music from one place.
  • Incredible ease of use. Simple to use interface, fast delivery and music only available in the best possible quality. Remember, its legal too!
Find out more about Napster Unlimited here

Napster To Go (£14.95 per month) offers all of the above with the added benefit of taking your Napster music on the go:

  • Fill and refill your compatible MP3 player as often as you want.
  • Just drag and drop your Napster music onto your player.
  • Pre-programmed playlists specially created to take on the go.
Find out more about Napster To Go here

Napster Light (free membership) allows you to listen to 30 second samples of the Napster catalogue and purchase individual tracks and albums which be burned onto CD or put on your compatible MP3 player. Tracks from 79p and albums from £6.95.

Find out more about Napster Light here
Most other music services will charge you for every track and album you download. Napster allows you to play and download all the music you want from our vast catalogue and gives you access to all our amazing features for a simple low monthly payment. There are other music services that claim to offer unlimited access to music but none of them come close to Napster in size of catalogue, range of features, recommendation tools, ability to transfer to MP3 players and playing all your music offline. We could go on…

Napster members can buy tracks and albums permanently as well if they wish. You can also try before you buy as well thanks to a 30 second preview. Tracks cost from 79p and albums from £6.95.
With Napster, you can give your home the power of more than 8 million tracks. Connect Napster to your home stereo directly from your PC or wirelessly. You can even control Napster with your remote control through a Windows Media Center Edition PC. Napster is also compatible with the amazing Sonos Music System allowing you to play music wirelessly in every room of your home. Click here for more information on how to use Napster through your home. Click here for ways to enjoy Napster music in your car.
The songs and albums you buy are yours to keep forever. You can burn an individual song as many times as you like and the same playlist up to seven times. You can copy your music on up to three computers and transfer it to a compatible MP3 player an unlimited number of times. Tracks cost from 79p and albums from £6.95.
Napster To Go works with selected WMA (DRM10) compatible devices from Sony, iRiver, Creative, Dell, Samsung and others as well as compatible mobile phones. Click here to see all MP3 players that work with Napster To Go. Napster would like to work on your iPod but Apple has chosen to keep both the iPod and iTunes closed off from Napster and every other digital music service.

Tracks purchased on Napster Light work with the above as well as additional players in WMA DRM 9.
Web Service - For streaming tracks
Operating system
PC/Windows, Mac, Linux
Browser
Firefox 2.0 or higher, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or higher
Download Internet Explorer 7 here
Note: Pop-ups, JavaScript and cookies must be enabled.
Music Playback
Flash Player 8+
Software – For downloading and burning tracks
Operating system
(PCs only) Windows XP/Vista
Browser
Firefox 2.0 or higher, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or higher Download Internet Explorer 7 here
Note: Pop-ups, JavaScript and cookies must be enabled.
Music Playback
Windows Media Player 10 or higher.
Note: Please make sure that your installation of Windows Media Player is completely up to date. Click here for further instructions.
Hard drive space
- Approximately 13MB for Napster.

- Approximately 18MB for Windows Media Player
if it is not already installed.

- You will also need space on your hard drive to store
tracks in your library.
Monitor
- Napster can be viewed on a monitor with a screen
resolution of 800x600 or better.

- Napster does not recommend using large fonts.
Internet connection
Napster requires an active Internet connection (broadband 128Kbps or higher is recommended).
CD burner
Any CD or DVD burner manufactured since 1991 should be supported by the Napster burn engine.
To optimize your Napster To Go subscription experience, we recommend the following:
Portable MP3 player
To see what portable MP3 players are compatible with Napster Subscription service click here.
USB port
A USB 2.0 port provides the fastest transfer rates to a portable music player.
The Napster music that is downloaded to your computer is in Window Media Audio (WMA) format at 192 Kbps stereo and streamed tracks are 128 Kbps stereo. This high quality allows you to get the most enjoyment from your music however you choose to listen to it. We use Microsoft Windows Media Digital Rights Management software to make sure all the music you have is fast, safe and protected.
You will need a credit or debit card, a Paypal account or a ClickandBuy account to take a free trial of Napster Unlimited or Napster To Go. Napster Light does not require any billing information to register.
If you cancel your Napster membership you will still have access to all member features until your account renewal date at which time all membership downloads and music transferred to your portable device (Napster To Go) will no longer be playable.  Your account will automatically turn into a Napster Light membership, which has no monthly recurring charges and allows you to preview 30 second clips of tracks before deciding to purchase them. Any music purchased from Napster during your membership will continue to play and is yours to keep.
Once you purchase a track or album you can burn it to CD but CD burning is not included in the price of a Napster Unlimited or Napster To Go membership. To learn more about Napster's membership levels please click here.
To cancel a paid membership
If there is something that has prevented you from enjoying your Napster experience, we'd love to help. Please contact our Customer Support by going to Napster Account Questions above and clicking the 'email us' tab. You can also contact Customer Support by phone on 020 7365 1079 from Monday–Friday, 9am-9pm (GMT). If you would still like to cancel your membership please give us a call and we'll handle your request right away.

To cancel a free trial
If you would still like to cancel, you can do so now by logging into your account, clicking on "My Account" in the top-left corner, and selecting "Account Status". Simply click on the "Cancel Free Trial" link at the bottom of the pop-up and follow the prompts to cancel your trial subscription. Once you cancel your Free Trial you will be downgraded to Napster Light. Napster Light is a free music store and there are no subscription fees. You can continue to use Napster Light to purchase tracks and albums, burn and transfer tracks.

Napster Light Members
There's no need to cancel. As a Napster Light member, you will never be charged unless you choose to purchase tracks or albums. You can use Napster Light to search for and listen to 30-second samples of all the songs in the Napster catalogue for FREE. You can also use Napster Light to play and organise all the music on your PC at no cost. Click here for more information on Napster Light or subscribing to Napster.




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It is necessary to maintain a Napster subscription in order to continue accessing songs downloaded through the Napster service.