MusicNet said it will power a service called Ctrax that will provide low-priced music downloads at up to 20 U.S. universities in the fall of this year. Ctrax is being offered by Cflix, which delivers educational and entertainment video-on-demand services to universities.

Ctrax will offer more than 700,000 songs from MusicNet's library and features customized for each school. The files will be stored locally at each school, making downloads faster.

Final pricing has not been set, but during the Yale test, a subscription will cost $2 a month, with downloads in packs of 10 for $8 and 20 for $15. Full albums will sell for anywhere from $8 to $12.


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mmmm....

act 1:

FBI raids schools in search for illegal(but free) uploaders.

act 2:

RIAA "educates" children in schools to the "right way" in filesharing.

act 3:

Paid subscription services are offered to the universities...

Whats the name of the play?

pick one:

1) Big Huge Complot

or

2) Life as a chess game(A way to use government as a puppet to help open new markets)

Peace

yes.. people intelligent enough to go to top 20 universities are going to buy this?
it makes me want to laugh, but it is just too sad.

"with downloads in packs of 10 for $8 and 20 for $15. Full albums will sell for anywhere from $8 to $12. "

in other words they get DRM'ed crap for the same price as unrestricted used or even brand new cd's at the local store. Am I missing something? Are they going to sue people who buy in stores now to make this work?