人工智能启动无限现实已经获得了盗版音乐的旋转音乐流服务NAPSTER

Infinite Reality在3月25日的声明中说，Napster将提供“品牌3D虚拟空间”，以允许虚拟音乐会和“社交聆听党”

Infinite Reality is buying music-streaming service Napster for $207 million and plans to add a music-focused metaverse to the brand, the artificial intelligence startup announced on March 25.

人工智能初创公司于3月25日宣布，无限现实是以2.07亿美元的价格购买音乐流服务Napster，并计划向该品牌添加以音乐为中心的Metaverse。

The move comes after a long and winding journey for Napster, pivoting from a music-pirating app to a streaming service and bouncing between several owners over the past 20 years.

此举是在纳普斯特（Napster）进行了漫长而曲折的旅程之后，从盗版应用程序转向流媒体服务，并在过去20年中几个所有者之间弹跳。

Infinite Reality said that Napster would offer “branded 3D virtual spaces” to allow virtual concerts and “social listening parties” along with the ability to offer virtual merchandise.

Infinite Reality表示，Napster将提供“品牌的3D虚拟空间”，以允许虚拟音乐会和“社交聆听派对”以及提供虚拟商品的能力。

“Imagine stepping into a virtual venue to watch an exclusive show with friends, chat with your favorite artist in their own virtual hangout as they drop their new single, and be able to directly buy their exclusive digital and physical merch,” said Jon Vlassopulos, CEO of Napster, who will continue in his role amid the acquisition.

Napster首席执行官Jon Vlassopulos说：“想象一下，踏入一个虚拟的场地，与朋友一起观看独家演出，与您最喜欢的艺术家聊天，以自己的虚拟聊天群体聊天，并能够直接购买他们的独家数字和实体商品。”

“The internet has evolved from desktop to mobile, from mobile to social, and now we are entering the immersive era,” he added.

他补充说：“互联网已经从台式机到移动设备发展，从移动设备到社交活动，现在我们进入了身临其境的时代。”

The most legendary collab?! Infinite Reality has acquired iconic online music brand @Napster.With this acquisition, we're expanding and reimagining Napster, empowering artists with new audience monetization and engagement capabilities, underpinned by iR’s #immersive technologies. #M2O

最传奇的合作？！无限现实已经获得了标志性的在线音乐品牌 @napster。在此收购中，我们正在扩大和重新构想Napster，以IR #Immersive Technologies为基础，以新的观众获利和参与能力增强了艺术家的能力。 ＃M2O

Infinite Reality also plans for Napster to allow musicians to use AI customer and community management agents and analytics dashboards to track fan behavior and cross-promotion with its other entertainment properties, such as Esports teams.

Infinite Reality还计划让Napster允许音乐家使用AI客户和社区管理代理和分析仪表板来跟踪粉丝的行为和交叉促销与其他娱乐场所（例如电子竞技团队）。

Napster’s latest repurposing

Napster的最新重新调整

The service was originally launched in 1999 as a peer-to-peer (P2P) filing-sharing service, mostly for music. It was shut down in 2001 by a court order after a wave of copyright infringement lawsuits.

该服务最初是在1999年作为点对点（P2P）归档共享服务推出的，主要用于音乐。一波侵犯版权诉讼后，法院命令在2001年被法院命令关闭。

The now-bankrupt company later sold its brand, which was relaunched as a music-streaming service before bouncing between owners for the next 20 years. Most recently, the blockchain firm Algorand and crypto investment firm Hivemind bought it in 2022.

这家现已破产的公司后来出售了其品牌，该品牌被重新推出为音乐流的服务，然后在未来20年的所有者之间弹跳。最近，区块链公司Algorand and Crypto投资公司Hivemind于2022年购买了它。

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The brand had been making several moves in the Web3 space, announcing plans in June 2022 to launch its own Napster token on the Algorand blockchain that could be used to buy music subscriptions and other content. It also bought Web3 music startup Mint Songs in February 2023.

该品牌一直在Web3领域采取多个动作，并于2022年6月宣布计划在Algorand区块链上推出自己的Napster代币，可用于购买音乐订阅和其他内容。它还在2023年2月购买了Web3 Music Startup Mint歌曲。

John Acunto, co-founder and CEO of Infinite Reality, said the team hopes to lead an “internet industry shift from a flat 2D clickable web to a 3D conversational one.”

Infinite Reality的联合创始人兼首席执行官John Acunto表示，该团队希望领导“互联网行业从平坦的2D Clickable Web转变为3D对话”。

Infinite Reality says the acquisition of Napster is slated to close in a few weeks. According to the firm, it hopes to evolve the Napster brand to become the leading immersive music platform for artists, fans and curators through audience monetization and engagement capabilities.

Infinite Reality表示，纳普斯特（Napster）的收购计划在几周内关闭。据该公司称，它希望通过观众的货币化和参与能力来发展Napster品牌，成为艺术家，粉丝和策展人的领先的身临其境的音乐平台。