College Students Still Downloading Music Illegally

Yahoo! News (AP) reports:

Market research conducted by American University found that a key stumbling block [to moving college students from illegal file-sharing networks to the legal downloading service Ruckus] was the inability to move music from Ruckus to their players, including the market-leading iPod.

"The complaints were you couldn't burn music for free, you couldn't put it on iPods," said Bill Raduchel, chief executive for Ruckus, which provides music to more than a dozen universities. "No legal service is going to meet that need."

Hat tip: AfterDawn.com.

Prior posts:
    July 1, 2005 - File Sharing Legal in Taiwan.
    June 28, 2005 - Grokster Commentary Roundup - Part 2.
    June 23, 2005 - Report: Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing Technology: Consumer Protection and Competition Issues.