Ruckus today introduced legal music sharing, a way for Ruckus users to legally find and download music on other Ruckus users' computers.
By introducing legal music sharing, Ruckus becomes the first college-only digital
media service to allow LEGAL peer-to-peer swapping of a music library.
"Ruckus is excited to offer legal music sharing, an improvement to the
traditional P2P experience for students," said William Raduchel, Chairman
and CEO of Ruckus. "The application enables users to find and download
virus free tracks from Ruckus on their friends' and classmates' computers at
incredible speeds. What we're really doing is allowing students to find friends
through media, and media through friends, using Ruckus' powerful social media
application. The Ruckus music sharing application also protects students from
legal liability."
The introduction of legal music sharing will allow students on participating
campuses to search - with permission - the playlists and file libraries of other
students on their own subnet, and download the files to their own computers.
Libraries of thousands of songs can be downloaded in minutes. This new addition
marks the beginning of an improved, legal peer-to-peer file sharing on college
campuses.
"Ruckus has worked very hard to provide students a forum in which to legally
access and share their music, while ensuring that the intellectual property
of artists is protected," said IMF: International Music Feed President
and Ruckus advisor Andy Schuon. "Ruckus knows that to thrive in the college
market, it must keep its finger on the pulse of the campus community, and providing
a legal, flexible and fast P2P option goes a long way towards meeting students'
digital media needs."
Given that unlicensed digital music downloading on college campuses continues
to draw the attention of both the RIAA and MPAA, and creates significant legal
liability for students, Ruckus' innovation of legal music sharing is particularly
relevant. For less than the cost of a CD for the entire semester, students can
take advantage of Ruckus' giant subscription music and movie offering, as well
as participate in their powerful social media applications. Ruckus enables students
to express themselves through their media and find friends and classmates, who
share their music, movie and social interests.
About Ruckus
Ruckus provides the most comprehensive digital media services available for
colleges today. The Ruckus service offers movies, music, TV, community-building
tools, original content and a self-publishing application. With this rich array
of features, Ruckus helps unite campuses through common interests. Unlike some
other digital media services, Ruckus is dedicated to the college market and
works hard to design a digital media package specifically for each campus. Today,
the Ruckus service is enjoyed by thousands of U.S. college students and is quickly
becoming the brand of choice for higher education institutions nationwide. For
more information, please visit www.ruckus.com.
