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College Online Music Service Ruckus Closes Down
paidContent —
... , picked up by TC. The company started in 2004 as a subsidized subscription service in about 82 colleges and universities in U.S., but didn't do as well, and retooled a few month later in early 2007 as a free, ad-supported, Windows Media-DRM laden downloadable service for anyone with a .edu address. At that point, for an extra $15 a semester, students could also access 4,000 movies and TV shows. University faculty and alumni could also use the network, but had to pay a monthly fee. ...
More blood on Apple iTunes Store’s play button: Ruckus is dead
MacDailyNews —
... .edu)," Jason Kincaid reports for TechCrunch. "At around 5 PM EST today the site went down with a notice stating that it was undergoing an update. As of 5:30, it was displaying a shutdown notice [Unfortunately the Ruckus service will no longer be provided. Thanks]," Kincaid reports. "We’re told that music that has not passed its 'renew date' still works, but that music that has expired will no longer work because the DRM licensing server has apparently shut down." Full article here . MacDailyNews Take: As ...
Ruckus Music Service -- Which Was Supposed To Save The Industry -- Now Dead
Techdirt —
... Apparently the revolution was short-lived -- and without government help to force colleges to subscribe, Ruckus has shut down. For some of those who got their music from Ruckus, the DRM on the tracks means that the music will be unplayable. Some tracks are still playable, but will apparently die once they hit their "renew date" and can't find a DRM server to renew. Yet another recording industry backed solution to the "piracy problem" that wasn't. At what point does the industry finally realize that piracy isn't the problem at all? ...
SpiralFrog Finally Toast
Silicon Alley Insider —
... ever since. The publication has been unable to reach anyone at SpiralFrog for comment, as have we, but claims the source said the startup issued secured notes in order to borrow at least $9 million from hedge funds and others last year to stay in business. Alas, it seems like all efforts to keep the company afloat have been in vain, causing another ad-supported free music download service to cease operations (recently a similar music service geared towards college students, Ruckus, pulled the plug). ...
Who says subscription music services are dead?
L.A. Times Tech Blog —
... Consumers have been slow to embrace music subscription services, so much so that Napster recently slashed its price by more than half to try to spur growth. Even services that colleges offered for free (or with the charge buried in other student fees) failed to catch on (killing off start-ups Ruckus and Cdigix), a testament to the enduring popularity of music-sharing and free downloading on campus. But one music industry player says it's actually "extremely successful" with a subscription music-on-demand service for the college market. That ...
