Information Technology Services, along with the Eckerd College Organization of Students, is proud to offer Ruckus. Ruckus is a free, legal music downloading service featuring 1.5 million songs, all free to download to your Windows personal computer. The service also offers low cost downloads of Hollywood blockbusters, cult classics, and independent films.

Signing up for Ruckus is easy:

1. Go to Ruckus Quick Registration.
2. Enter your @eckerd.edu e-mail address and indicate whether you are a student or faculty/staff. Be sure to choose a password other than your email password. Click "Next."
3. Check your Eckerd email address for a message from Ruckus containing a link to verify your account.

Once you have signed up, simply download the Ruckus player and begin downloading music!

The service is free for current students, and available for a low cost to faculty and staff. Help and Support are available directly through Ruckus, just look for the Help link at www.ruckus.com.

Requirements

To use Ruckus, you must have:

• A computer running Microsoft Windows XP SP1+ or Windows 2000 (player will not work on a Mac)
• 800 MHz or faster CPU
• 256 MB or greater RAM
• Windows Media Player 10 (WMP 9 for Windows 2000)
• Macromedia Flash Player 6.0 or higher
• Quicktime 6.5 for RuckusTV
• 10 MB free hard disk space for Ruckus Player
• ~4 MB free hard disk space per song and ~700 MB per movie
• Windows Internet Explorer 6 (medium security setting, javascript enabled, and allow cookies)