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ruckus.net - 2/7/2009

Ruckus music service

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Engadget:  Ruckus music service calls it quits

paidContent:  College Online Music Service Ruckus Closes Down

(Obsolete Feed):  Ruckus: when "free music" can't compete with free music

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techcrunch.com - 2/7/2009

College Music Service Ruckus Shuts Down

— techcrunch.com — Ruckus, an online music service geared towards universities that allows students to stream an unlimited amount of music, has apparently just closed its doors. The service was designed to appeal to college students, offering a legal alternative ... (more) College Music Service Ruckus Shuts Down

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engadget.com - 2/7/2009

Ruckus music service calls it quits

— engadget.com — While there's clearly demand for downloadable music, there's clearly not enough of it being funneled to Ruckus Network. The oft forgotten music service -- which somehow reckoned it could take on the likes of Rhapsody, Apple, Microsoft and countless others in the saturated digital download ... (more) Ruckus music service calls it quits

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arstechnica.com - 2/11/2009

Ruckus: when "free music" can't compete with free music

— arstechnica.com — The music industry, struggling to find workable business models for the digital age, apparently can't even give its product away. Ad-supported services like SpiralFrog have generated what can only be charitably called a "lack of ... (more) Ruckus: when "free music" can't compete with free music

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Ruckus music service calls it quits
Engadget — ... While there's clearly demand for downloadable music, there's clearly not enough of it being funneled to Ruckus Network. The oft forgotten music service -- which somehow reckoned it could take on the likes of Rhapsody, Apple, Microsoft and countless ...

College Online Music Service Ruckus Closes Down
paidContent — ... Ruckus Networks, the Herndon, VA-based college music and digital media service, has closed down, according to a notice on its site, picked up ...

Ruckus: when "free music" can't compete with free music
(Obsolete Feed) — ... in an attempt to attract more users. That apparently didn't happen, and it didn't help that the advertising market has been collapsing. So Ruckus pulled the plug on Friday, replacing its Web site with a graphic that said only, "Unfortunately the Ruckus service will no longer be provided. Thanks." School-sponsored music is dead? The demise of Ruckus will probably put an end to schools' experimentation with offering legal music services to their students, at least in the short term. On the one hand, remaining subscription services still require fees and come with too many ...