Wrong! UMass is not using Vista. You might be talking about SOM and their IT people, they suck.

We have already Ruckus and it did not prove popular because of DRM. Students could not use it where they wanted, especially not on ther MP3 players. We are looking at a similar service, DRM free that you get to keep.

Download all you want is the point. It is still in early talks but people will be able to download all they want from the participating labels and independent parties. The agreement is that you get to keep the music. If you don't get to keep the music this is not worth it and no university will consider it. This is not necessarily to protect the universities or ISPs since I have not seen any cases where the ISP is held liable (exept the open case in Australia). This is an alternative to iTunes at al. and illegal P2P downloading. The labels agree to not to sue people while participating in this sharing. Once they graduate they can still keep the files but of course they should not share them. As I said it is still a new thing but it looks interesting so poking around and checking the options is not a bad idea. After all we can decide after we know all the details.