September 2, 2005

More Colleges Strike Up Music-Sharing Deals, Despite Lukewarm Response

By BROCK READ

Students have come to expect access to online downloading, even if they don't use it much

When American University decided in February to run a semester-long trial of an online entertainment service that gave students access to a free library of more than one million songs and hundreds of movies on their personal computers, campus officials expected an enthusiastic response. Instead, students gave the service low marks, and many said the university should not offer the program this

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