California Universities Offer Legal Music, Movie Downloads

We missed this one earlier this week: The University of California and California State University systems have struck deals to offer their students legal music and movie downloading services to curb rampant piracy. The deal is a big win for Colorado-based Cdigix: the deal covers roughly 600,000 students at 13 UC and 23 Cal State campuses, making it among the largest such deals to date, the company says.

The company charges $3 a month for the music service and $5.99 a month for the video service. Individual UC and Cal State campuses must decide whether to offer the Cdigix service and how to pay for it.

Already, San Francisco State University is holding off and waiting to see if it catches on other campuses

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