Within a month of its launch at Ball State University, 6,421 students went online to download music from the Ruckus server. However, some students are abusing the system by stripping files of their anti-piracy coding.
The software Ruckus uses is Windows-based and is not compatible with old Apple technology that doesn’t run both the MAC OS and Windows.
Another problem is that Apple uses Digital Rights Management software to maintain the integrity of files from the iTunes Music Store and will not license the DRM to other companies, such as Ruckus, for use. Computers that cannot run Windows cannot use Ruckus.
To circumvent this issue, students have found DRM stripping software that removes all copyright protection coding from the files.
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hasn’t this been done for every other MP3 service known to man? The stories keep going downhill
This is indeed sad….this used to be an A+ site………