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University Tests Legal File Downloading System
philospher writes "Dorm students at Northern Illinois University are testing a legal file downloading service. It is made by Ruckus Network, and was developed by a group of MIT students. NIU pays 5$ a month per student, and the students can get music, movies, TV shows, local content and community features. Sounds a lot better than having the RIAA sending you a court summons."
Why pay when you can get it for free? Especially: if you are a European, there is really no reason to stuff the fucking American movie studios with money. *does the ed2k://-dance*
"geminidomino".
Doesn't sound like "hetero" to me.
Why don't you people get it? Thieving is not a civil right, especially not using the tax-money payed bandwidth of your university.
Just stay in your parent's basement using their DSL if you need your 4 gay-porn movies per day.
This is a classic protection racket. You know, "Give me five dollars a month per student, and nobody gets sued." It doesn't matter if half the students never download anything, they still have to pay the $5/month. They should give the kids accounts and bill them, so that only those using the service have to pay.
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What sort of download files/catory do they offer? Gospel music and bible materials?
I think people want hot warez not another boring open source download junk