Streamwaves was an online music service founded by Jeff Tribble and Daniel Hexter in Dallas, Texas.
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11 Facts About Streamwaves
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In 2005 Streamwaves became part of the Rhapsody music service owned by RealNetworks.
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Streamwaves Inc was founded in 1999, when Jeff Tribble and Daniel Hexter began work on a legal alternative to illegal file sharing services such as Napster and Kazaa.
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In 2005, the Streamwaves service was merged with the Rhapsody music service.
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The Streamwaves jukebox worked on Windows and Macintosh computers alike.
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Streamwaves lured Macintosh users and members of Mac user communities through discounts on the monthly subscription fee.
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Streamwaves marketed its service online and through traditional brick and mortar stores such as FYE and CompUSA stores, among others.
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In 2003, Streamwaves took to the task of converting Kazaa users to paying, legal customers.
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Partnering with Altnet, Streamwaves offered searchers on KaZaA free 30-second samples of songs for which they were searching and directed them to sign up for the full-featured service.
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Also in 2003, Streamwaves partnered with Excite to provide a co-branded online streaming music store to Excite customers.
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CD3 Storage Systems, Inc partnered with Streamwaves to offer free music on all of its Discgear products for the 2004 holiday season.
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