Comments on: Ruckus: Free Music for Students

By: neasteflorin

neasteflorin — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:42:20 +0000

I should look into that. The technique I';m using removes the DRM header – lossless decoding.

By: bigbluealien

bigbluealien — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:53:08 +0000

"The legality of these procedures can be debated"
I'm no expert on this but as far as I know if you remove the DRM from the music then its illegal but if you use an application to play and re-record the music its not(it's forgiveable at least), most DRM removal software uses this technique anyway. Someone will have to look deeper into that and I guess it's different in different countries.

I wish music publishers would realise that DRM is completely useless, if the music can be played the DRM can be removed and it only takes one to have it up on the torrents. I would use Ruckus but as it requires Windows I'll have to pass. There's quite a few services that let you download music with an ad embeded at the begining/end, I'd find removing that much easier than having to load up windows and remove the DRM but It's mostly indie stuff.

By: neasteflorin

neasteflorin — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 07:27:00 +0000

Yeah, Pandora and Last.fm are a very good for discovering new bands.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 07:22:36 +0000

The idea behind Ruckus makes a lot of sense, and I don't mind the fact that they are ad supported. I've even used it legitimately, without trying to work around the DRM (great for quickly getting together playlists to use at parties — just plug the laptop into speakers and you're good to go).

However, when I'm really in the mood for discovering new music, I use Pandora and Last.fm.

By: neasteflorin

neasteflorin — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:09:49 +0000

I want to hear from fellow FairUuse4WM users/ RUckus users, as well as people using Amazon or iTunes. Do you like the idea behind Ruckus? Discovered some nice bands?