Styles Posted March 16, 2006 Report Posted March 16, 2006 So, my university announces that they've partnered with a site called Ruckus.com to offer the students free unlimited music downloads from a vast library of licensed music. We're talking whole albums here. They expire after 30 days so it's sort of like the Napster deal. It works as long as you're on campus during semester. For an extra $15 a month you can have unlimited movie downloads they offer as well. Sounds good, but my first thought is "what's the catch?" as in there's got to be some sort of monitoring/tracking program installed along with it or running in the program itself to monitor our other computer activities. Am I just being paranoid?
MrRant Posted March 17, 2006 Report Posted March 17, 2006 Chances are the license that you download with said song/movie only lasts for 30 days and then you need a new one.
Styles Posted March 17, 2006 Author Report Posted March 17, 2006 Chances are the license that you download with said song/movie only lasts for 30 days and then you need a new one. Yes, that's how it works (although you can continually re-download). I'm just making sure there's no known spyway or monitoring tool bundled.
Spaceman Spiff Posted March 17, 2006 Report Posted March 17, 2006 I doubt it. Universities would have too much to lose if they're found out to be spying on their students.
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