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Being a called a "student" is just code for "getting the shaft in every orifice."]]>Feb 7th 2009 2:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/Feb 7th 2009 4:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/
The idea was, it removes culpability from the school if someone is caught downloading something. What a horrible business model - "You need to buy it, or else you'll get sued. Oh, and eventually we'll crash and burn."

I never got why my school bought into it. It doesn't work on Macs, so half the campus can't even use it. The player sucked. I used it a couple times, it was decent for finding some songs, but the selection wasn't that good. And I actually paid for it, through student fees...]]>Feb 7th 2009 7:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/Feb 7th 2009 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/
the college promoted it as a way to get music legally. i can imagine why: u could use the downloader on a windows machine and re-encode it without the DRM (there are some allegedly legal ways to do this) and use it on any mp3 player.

the music has always been free for us on ruckus btw, so partial refunds wouldnt make sense (whats 50% of $0?)]]>Feb 7th 2009 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/Feb 7th 2009 6:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/Feb 7th 2009 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/Feb 7th 2009 2:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/
Sucks too, I can't download torrents at school, so other than paying for music I'm locked out. And as any college student knows, paying for anything becomes a chore on a low-to-zero income.]]>Feb 7th 2009 2:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/Feb 7th 2009 3:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/
im at WashU in St. Louis and we arel ocked down even harder. we have gigabyte download limites per day as well as no bittorrent, etc. so ruckus closing is a huge deal here.]]>Feb 7th 2009 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/
*Bursts out in laughter*

...Sorry, I just couldn't say that with a straight face.]]>Feb 7th 2009 2:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/or
you could always go to Circuit City and buy some CD's (says with a straight face)
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Mirakagi.zip worked wonders in a virtual machine.]]>Feb 7th 2009 3:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/Feb 7th 2009 3:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/Feb 7th 2009 3:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/Feb 7th 2009 9:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.broadbandreports.com/faq/dc/7._Operating_a_Hub

That should get you started. Our school hub uses verlihub.]]>Feb 7th 2009 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/
Kill my cousin on Xbox Live: CRUX MACHINE]]>Feb 7th 2009 3:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/Pros:
-Free!
-Pretty large mp3 selection
-fast downloads
-legal and free

Cons:
-their ruckus player was absolute crap!
-annoying multiple logins and stuff to actually download the music


But in all I was glad to have ruckus and will miss legal free music.

LONG LIVE SPIRALFROG.com!]]>Feb 7th 2009 3:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/Feb 7th 2009 4:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/
Goodbye Ruckus, you shall not be missed!]]>Feb 7th 2009 7:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/Feb 7th 2009 9:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/Feb 7th 2009 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/Feb 8th 2009 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/
Mike Admani]]>Feb 7th 2009 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/Feb 7th 2009 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/Feb 7th 2009 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/Feb 7th 2009 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/Feb 7th 2009 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/Apr 3rd 2009 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/Feb 7th 2009 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/
Originally it was kind of a cool concept. You install edge severs at universities, making downloads of the most popular tracks basically instant without using any of the universities internet bandwidth. But it never really caught on and it just wasn't profitable enough to keep that going. They tried the ad supported model (which could easily be removed by modifying the application's GUI xml) and I am surprised it lasted this long.

I have a lot of great memories working there, and its a little sad to see it go. Best of luck to any of the original employees that were still there.]]>Feb 7th 2009 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/Feb 7th 2009 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/Feb 7th 2009 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/
What that was supposed to say was the head tag was missing the closing angled-bracket - again, something that doesn't make sense coming from a company that was able to provide a fairly complex web service for years (although it appears to be fixed today). I'm hoping this is just some domain snafu and that Ruckus will come back soon, but I'm just trying to be optimistic.

Also, I don't understand why Darren Murph/Engadget has such a condescending tone towards Ruckus - it's kept me from pirating music by offering a free, legal alternative. But perhaps Darren doesn't know what he's talking about since he suggests "partial refunds" for a FREE service...]]>Feb 7th 2009 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/Feb 7th 2009 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/
I don't understand the condescending tone and the animosity in Darren's article. Apparently, according to him, no company should dare try to compete with Apple. Ruckus just got what they deserved... ]]>Feb 7th 2009 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/Feb 7th 2009 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/Feb 7th 2009 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/Feb 7th 2009 7:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/
No one used it because we had iTunes streaming and torrents.

So, very little has changed.]]>Feb 7th 2009 9:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/Feb 7th 2009 10:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/now, whether students will be refunded, very unlikely. The schools are not likely to be refunded either. There is a high likelihood that the school's SGA had a hand in choosing one company over another, so students should take the issue up with their SGA rep.]]>Feb 8th 2009 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/ruckus-music-service-calls-it-quits/Feb 8th 2009 3:36PM