Free Music Service for NJEDge.Net Higher Education Organizations

What's the Ruckus about? Students want the ability to download music using their college's network. Ruckus offers a free alternative to illegal file sharing, providing students at participating institutions access to Ruckus' library of 2.1 million licensed music tracks and the ability to download songs from state-of-the-art servers housed on NJEDge.Net backbone.

Professors can access the free music catalog and incorporate music choices into their classes. Ruckus has licensed the entire classical music library from Naxos and offers it as its "Ruckus on Reserve" service, which provides educators a convenient way to select music for Music Appreciation or related courses.

Recent surveys indicate that more than half of the nation's college students frequently download music and movies illegally, according to the Recording Industry of America Association (RIAA).

By using Ruckus, students can share playlists with fellow students and legally download music on to a computer. Also, Ruckus can assist its partner school in making life on campus a special experience by building a digital community among the student body, reinforcing a culture of integrity and respect for copyright law while reducing costs and burdens on the university network.

Many Ruckus partners report that they have had fewer contacts from the RIAA about students and illegal file sharing.

Ruckus will offer any student at a NJEDge.Net participating member school a Ruckus music subscription for free for the academic year. Additional premium services are available and will be a charged service to the end user via credit card.

• 3 million tracks in a continuously growing music robust music library licensed directly from all the major label providers as well as numerous Indie labels and aggregate providers.


• Ruckus certifies that all downloads are virus-free, spyware-free, and ad-free.


• Frequently Updated Library to include the latest releases.


• Music and Artist Information.


• Unlimited tethered downloads to PC.


• Pre-Programmed Playlists and advanced search capabilities.


• Music Subscription: FREE to all students for the entire year.


• Faculty, Staff and Alumni Music Subscription: $8.99/month for unlimited music downloads.

Ruckus also provides a movie and TV show service with over 4,000 licensed movie titles available exclusively to students.

Colleges don't pay anything to Ruckus, but must provide a small amount of support to Ruckus by marketing.

To see how your college can participate click here.