http://www.statenews.com Ruckus.com — once dubbed by MSU “the premiere digital entertainment network designed specifically for college students” — quietly and abruptly shut down during the weekend en-us Gryphon 2.2.3b-tsn (woodward)/Foundry5 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:59:31 -0500 webmaster@statenews.com http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/32198 “A legal alternative to music downloading programs such as Limewire or BitTorrent “definitely helped,” Hall said.” State News needs to choose their wording a little more carefully. There is nothing illegal about p2p downloading (it’s the copyrighted music – not the way it’s downloaded), and it’s not a good idea to spread that misconception…especially with all the legit uses for p2p. Also, BitTorrent definitely encompasses more than music. Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:39:52 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/32198 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/32219 Technically Matt, it is the sharing of the music that is illegal, not the downloading of the copyrighted music. Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:55:45 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/32219 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/32360 Techinically, Correction, the downloading of copyrighted material is illegal too. That is because the act of downloading creates a duplicate copy of the material, on which royalties have not been paid. “Illegal to share, but legal to download from sharers” is a myth. Uploading and downloading without permission is technically illegal. Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:59:31 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/32360