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    Posted 12/05/2000 1:35pm by Team Register

    How to beat the Napster ban                                                          --------------
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    Banned by Napster? Want to get back on? According to Register readers, it's a        --------------
    doddle, and we're happy to pass the information on to anyone who feels              [ADVERTISEMENT]
    they've been unjustly penalised by the software company and/or Metallica, the
    band who's lawsuit provoked the ban.
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    It goes without saying - but we'll say it anyway - that we don't support the
    use of Napster to share copies of songs users don't own. Giving a friend a           Cash Register
    copy of a song, whether it's a Metallica track or not, and whether its on
    tape or encoded as an MP3, is illegal. So don't do it, kids, OK? Vulture             BOFH 2000: Kit
    Central does not like copyright infringers.                                           and Caboodle

    But, purely in a spirit of scientific enquiry, here's the trick of it. We             The Register
    haven't verified that it works, and if you want to mess around with your             Bulletin Board
    Windows Registry, as it suggests, that's your own affair and nothing to do
    with us, squire. Especially, if anything untoward happens to your system.               Links to
    It's a cruel, harsh universe out there, and you're on your own... ®                Web-related Sites

    From Usenet:                                                                          Download The
    1. Uninstall Napster                                                                Register's MacOS
    2. Delete all Registry keys that have NAPSTER in them.                              Sherlock Plug-in
    3. Search for the following key:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\CLSID\{CAD8C813-1F34-1B3E-00CEAE43FF0AAD}        How to link to
    and make a note of the ID# value. This ID is what lets Napster know a banned          The Register
    computer is trying to log on.
    4. Search for this ID# and delete all instance.                                      --------------
    5. Install Napster.                                                                If you want daily
    6. Create a new login and use a different e-mail address. Don't use the same        updates on news,
    login ID or you may have to start back at step 1.                                   enter your email
    7. Only share dirs without Metallica and don't download Metallica.                   address below,
    8. Tell Metallica to go fuck themselves. And never buy Metallica again.              then click the
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