Aujla, S. (2009, November 3). Popular College Media Aggregator UWIRE Is Suspended Indefinitely. Chronicle of Higher Eduction. Retrieved November 4, 2009, from http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Popular-College-Media/8707/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
I just checked LexisNexis Academic and the file is updated to suspended status. The latest results on swine flu is September 30, 2009. It could be a Tasini-esque situation given student(s) were demanding payment. To my knowledge, students own the IP rights to their works.