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# Rdio Seeks The College Crowd With Half-Off Unlimited Music
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/rdio-seeks-the-college-crowd-with-half-off-unlimited-music/
- Published: 2013-10-10T10:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2013-10-10T10:00:00.000Z
- Description: By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Napster, famously, was birthed in a college dormitory. Universities were also the place where hopes were once pinned for blanket, ISP-level music licenses, because. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/10/rdio-seeks-the-college-crowd-with-half-of
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- Tags: Apps, Mobile & SMS, Music Tech, Streaming, Android, Echo Nest, Janus Friis, Napster, Rdio, Social Security number, Spotify, Student, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:43

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By Eliot Van Buskirk of [Evolver.fm](http://evolver.fm/?ref=hypebot.com).

Napster, [famously](http://evolver.fm/2012/12/07/video-trailer-from-the-napster-movie-downloaded/?ref=hypebot.com), was birthed in a college dormitory. Universities were also the place where [hopes were once pinned](http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1179147/what-ever-happened-to-choruss-an-interview-with-jim-griffin?ref=hypebot.com) for blanket, ISP-level music licenses, because they’re a sort of microcosm of the world at large. If [making a whole population pay for music](http://www.wired.com/business/2008/12/warner-music-gr/?ref=hypebot.com) en masse works there, theg thinking went, perhaps it would work in the world at large, too.  

Blanket licenses for colleges [never took off](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choruss?ref=hypebot.com), but Rdio, which [also offers a unique family plan](http://evolver.fm/2011/08/22/rdio-launches-first-family-plan-for-digital-music/?ref=hypebot.com) for paying for on-demand music, has a [simpler offer](https://www.rdio.com/account/discount/?ref=hypebot.com) for students: Pay for Rdio’s on-demand music subscription, and it’ll only cost you half as much as it does for non-students. This means you can access the vast majority of available recorded music for $2.50 per month on a computer’s web browser, or $5 per month on smartphones, tablets, and other non-computers.

To [qualify](https://www.rdio.com/account/discount/?ref=hypebot.com), you actually have to be an active student at a U.S. college. [Rdio asks](https://www.rdio.com/account/discount/?ref=hypebot.com) for the name of your school, your name, and the last four digital of your social security number, so you likely won’t be able to fudge this. (If you’re a student in the UK, Spotify offers a [similar plan](https://www.spotify.com/us/student/?ref=hypebot.com).)

But if you are a bona fide student, 50 percent off of Rdio is a deal that’s hard to argue with. After all, $5 is only about a third of the cost of a bowl of [decent ramen noodles](http://momofuku.com/new-york/noodle-bar/?ref=hypebot.com).

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