http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/ Engadget Comments for Judge rules in favor of RIAA, XM ready for battle http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/Jan 19th 2007 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/Jan 19th 2007 7:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/Jan 19th 2007 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/
So whats so different about recording songs off of Satellite Radio onto Flash Memory from recording songs off of FM Radio onto Cassettes?

The RIAA doesn't get it, the more they do this, the more people get pissed off at them, so more people result to illegally getting their songs...]]>Jan 19th 2007 9:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/Jan 19th 2007 9:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/Jan 19th 2007 9:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/Jan 19th 2007 11:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/
-only when it's on the air
-in poorer quality than MP3
-onto ONLY my device with no copying in anyway
-at a maximum amount of 1 GB

and a person who uses Napster and pays $15 for:

-unlimited, on demand music
-"high" quality (high is subjective, but Napster is better quality)
-multiple licenses
-as much data as you can store

XM pays the HIGHEST royalties in the industry, and STILL they're being prosecuted! I pay $13 a month for that inno, with all those limitations, and they want to take it away from me! Meanwhile, millions of people are STILL pirating, using Limewire and Soulseek. (Or even ripping CDs from the local library) I have the MOST legal music of all my friends, and the RIAA calls me a criminal! Disgusting.

Please buy: http://www.jinx.com/scripts/details.asp?productID=285]]>Jan 19th 2007 10:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/Jan 19th 2007 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/
Until the RIAA get its head out of its @$$ i'll continue to rip my music, f*ck paying for it if you are going to put limitations on it which I don't get when downloading it for free.]]>Jan 20th 2007 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/Jan 20th 2007 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/Jan 20th 2007 12:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/
I know, reasonable people think the RIAA is garbage, and I don't disagree, but the reason ability aspect here really just means there's more questions to be posed and answered before this case can be considered over. It'll cost more, but it could potentially be positive for us anti-RIAA folk. Taking this to trial might create some really good case law that issues a big F.U. to the RIAA. Then again it could totally screw XM and many others, but this is not a case where a judge ruled in favor of the RIAA, the judge just said we need more info.]]>Jan 20th 2007 12:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/Jan 20th 2007 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/
And after that, they backup their cars, crash in the same wall again just to make sure it's time to turn.]]>Jan 20th 2007 12:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/Jan 20th 2007 12:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/
Also, you have to admit that digitally recorded music from a source as good as Satellite is easily more "distributable" (i.e P2P software, torrents, general digital copies) than the analog cassette recording devices that were mainstream back in 1992. Digital technology has allowed us to copy digital media like songs and video with NO LOSS IN QUALITY to other computers, storage devices and digital media players. So Bob can copy from me, John can copy from Bob, Keith can copy from John, Michael can copy from Keith and so on and so forth. This can go on and on hundreds of times from either source with absolutely NO loss in quality from the original source. Not to mention that it takes less than 3 seconds for a computer (mine anyway) or a storage device to copy a song. Analog recording devices such as Cassettes were incapable of these kinds of feats. So, you see, the judge has a point.

I do believe that the judge was out of line when he said that XM was trying to be a distributer. They are not. They are simply trying to provide their PAYING customers with the same benefits you get with OTA. I suppose its possible to record without their recording devices but it should be as easy as a touch of a button like it is with cassette recording OTA. If XM was smart they'd license their tech to third party companies and let them build satellite recording devices to use on their XM's network ala Apple's iPod (If they aren't already doing this.) They'd make a fortune from licensing fees.

The RIAA is dumb. the more they try to police this stuff, the more people are going to look for "other" (and not all that difficult) means to get their music and other media. They should be trying to work with ISP's, Satellite companies, mp3 and PMP manufactorers, internet music distributers and the like, intead of suing everybody. This makes everyone bitter, hateful, resentful, and defiant. The RIAA should try being more likable, then maybe people would be more willing to be more sympatheitic to their goals. They are going at it like the Greedy, glutonous, monsters that they are.

]]>Jan 20th 2007 2:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/Yeah Sirius Spirit!]]>Jan 20th 2007 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/Jan 20th 2007 3:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/Jan 21st 2007 2:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/Jan 20th 2007 6:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/
FWIW, I record mostly from The System 82 (Dance/Trance), Flight 26 and Hits List 30 (both Hits/Top 40). ]]>Jan 20th 2007 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/19/judge-rules-in-favor-of-riaa-xm-ready-for-battle/]]>Jan 21st 2007 12:32PM