Music labels sue XM Radio for wireless music storage
21st May 2006, 04:48 GMT
Filed under: Hardware, Long Range, Applications, Business Satellites are wireless, right. Just kidding. In this story -- which we just could not pass up -- the good old folks over at the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) now want to ban portable satellite radio receivers that feature recording capabilities. Oh boy, here we go again. This hilarious quote sums up the true motive behind the lawsuit from the RIAA: "Because XM makes available vast catalogs of music in every genre, XM subscribers will have little need ever again to buy legitimate copies of plaintiffs' sound recordings". Umm, that's the point -- consumer choice on how, where and when they get content. This reminds me of the 1912 Henry Ford days of the Model T: "The customer can choose any color they want, as long as it is black". Sorry RIAA, adapt to the times or continue to get quashed. Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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