2008 Woodie Awards
Legal music downloads available to UMKC students
Rose Bittner
Issue date: 1/30/06 Section: Culture
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Legal access to two million music tracks is now available to UMKC students, staff and faculty.
University Communications and Student Affairs started looking at technology that would provide a legitimate, online entertainment solution early last summer.
"We wanted students to be able to download music legally," said Andy Goodenow, Manager of Electronic Communications.
After considering other options, CDIGX was chosen.
The Web site was finished last Wednesday and is now available for students to use.
"This is a free service to the campus," said Goodenow. "Students can choose to sign up or not."
The cost will be $3.49 per month for students and $5.99 for faculty and staff members. The monthly payment allows registered users the ability to download songs; however, for further privileges users must pay an additional fee.
According to Goodenow, UMKC will receive no profit from CDIGX.
"Some universities run their billing internally and are able to charge, say, $6 per month while paying CDIGX only $3.49. It was possible for UMKC to make a profit in this way," said Goodenow. "We chose direct billing through CDIGX in order to give students the lowest possible price."
According to the new Web site, CDIGX offers "a catalog of over 2 million music tracks, all four of the major labels and over 28,000 independents."
All of the site's programming is said to be tailored specifically to University student populations.
CDIGX is available to the entire University of Missouri System. Other colleges using this program include Duke University, North Carolina-Wilmington, Ohio University, University of Michigan and Yale University.
Laura Maloy-Edmondson, sophomore, was hired by CDIGX to promote the company from within the student community.
"Before, the only music we had access to was iTunes, which is a program you can download on your computer," said Maloy-Edmondson. "But after a week, everyone has all the same songs, and that can only get students so far."
Maloy-Edmondson thinks CDIGX will be more popular than iTunes.
"We will be able to watch TV, movies, and there's another area dedicated to classroom use," Maloy-Edmondson said. "By classroom use I mean CLABS. It expands the classroom curriculum through utilization of technology and digital media."
According to Maloy-Edmondson, independent campus bands will also be able to send their music or videos to CDIGX.
To sign up or for more information visit the CDIGX website at www.umkc.edu\is\cdigix.
rbittner@unews.com
University Communications and Student Affairs started looking at technology that would provide a legitimate, online entertainment solution early last summer.
"We wanted students to be able to download music legally," said Andy Goodenow, Manager of Electronic Communications.
After considering other options, CDIGX was chosen.
The Web site was finished last Wednesday and is now available for students to use.
"This is a free service to the campus," said Goodenow. "Students can choose to sign up or not."
The cost will be $3.49 per month for students and $5.99 for faculty and staff members. The monthly payment allows registered users the ability to download songs; however, for further privileges users must pay an additional fee.
According to Goodenow, UMKC will receive no profit from CDIGX.
"Some universities run their billing internally and are able to charge, say, $6 per month while paying CDIGX only $3.49. It was possible for UMKC to make a profit in this way," said Goodenow. "We chose direct billing through CDIGX in order to give students the lowest possible price."
According to the new Web site, CDIGX offers "a catalog of over 2 million music tracks, all four of the major labels and over 28,000 independents."
All of the site's programming is said to be tailored specifically to University student populations.
CDIGX is available to the entire University of Missouri System. Other colleges using this program include Duke University, North Carolina-Wilmington, Ohio University, University of Michigan and Yale University.
Laura Maloy-Edmondson, sophomore, was hired by CDIGX to promote the company from within the student community.
"Before, the only music we had access to was iTunes, which is a program you can download on your computer," said Maloy-Edmondson. "But after a week, everyone has all the same songs, and that can only get students so far."
Maloy-Edmondson thinks CDIGX will be more popular than iTunes.
"We will be able to watch TV, movies, and there's another area dedicated to classroom use," Maloy-Edmondson said. "By classroom use I mean CLABS. It expands the classroom curriculum through utilization of technology and digital media."
According to Maloy-Edmondson, independent campus bands will also be able to send their music or videos to CDIGX.
To sign up or for more information visit the CDIGX website at www.umkc.edu\is\cdigix.
rbittner@unews.com
