Two days after American University students were given access to a system where they can legally download music and movies, the service is struggling under “overwhelming demand” from American students. A message posted to an AU website predicts the problems and slow service “will taper off during the week.”

AU announced on Feb. 4 that they would be signing a deal with Virginia-based Ruckus Network, a company that allows college students at subscribing schools to download music and movies for free, and share their own original work. The service told WTOP they have about 700,000 tracks and “about four dozen” movies. An American official called the private file sharing system a “very attractive alternative to illegal downloading,” which has continued at a large scale at college campuses despite crackdowns by the RIAA and varying degrees of enforcement by university administrators. What’s your favorite file sharing software?