So I don't know how many of you had RUCKUS player, I'm sure you're aware that we a re no longer able to use its services. Now, I don't why it went out of business, or whatever you call it, but I'm a little upset by it. Mainly because I don't really use iTunes because I don't buy CD's anymore and because I don't want to pay every time I want to listen to a new song. So, imagine how upset I am when I realzed that the most basic, free and legal RUCKUS player is down. And at the current moment, I haven't heard anything about the college possibly investing in another server.
Hello? Napster? I just think it's truly unfortunate the the saerver no longer exists and we (Bridgewater State College) currently do not have an approved site where students can access free legal music. It's such a rare thing: free and legal. And I hope people took advantage while it was available.
I agree! But I think the problem is that people were taking advantage of it...to the point where Ruckus was getting "ripped off" in a sense. Even though all of the files were supposed to be available in the Ruckus player only--not burned to a CD, used in iTunes/on an iPod, etc--it seems like many people were of course able to find a way around it. It couldn't have been that tough--nowadays all it takes is a quick Google search and you can find some kind of converter or whatever. So I think that was probably at least part of the problem that contributed to their shutting down. It is really disappointing because I discovered a lot of great new music/artists!
ReplyDeleteI was so bummed when I lost Ruckus, because I had so much music on it and full albums. I was able to download the entire discography of my favorite band The Misfits, and know I've only been able to find a few songs here or there using illegal downloading.
ReplyDeleteI don't know why it shut down, but it really bites the big one.
I had Ruckus and it pissed me off so much when it stopped working. I was actually trying to download songs when they stopped service. The site all of a sudden wouldn't load, and then when I tried starting all over again, ruckus.com came up as an unknown page or whatever Internet Explorer says in those situations. It was only when I went to the Ruckus player itself that I saw the note that eventually got to their website...and then it took SO long for Bridgewater to say something in one of their announcements! I had stopped using iTunes too after I stopped working, and even then only bought a CD when I liked a majority of the songs (kind of a rarity). In the announcement Bridgewater said they're looking into another way for us to get music, but considering how long it took them to notice Ruckus wasn't working, I dunno how long it'll take them to get something for us. Luckily my fiance has Zune and is letting me use his account. I don't know how much he pays per month, but I can download most of what I want for free. I usually only have a problem when they don't have the song at all.
ReplyDeleteI never really hopped onto Ruckus, even though the school had it. I remember trying it and something went wrong, like I couldn't transfer them to iTunes, so I decided to keep downloading illegally, oops. I think they school should invest in another downloading program, it would definitely cut down on the amount of illegal downloading on campus.
ReplyDeleteI used RUCKUS a lot this last semester in my COMM 399 course, and knew they were going to be making some changes, but DANG. That was rather abrupt. My site of choice these days is www.lala.com it's rather ruckus-esque without the pop-ups. Check it out?
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