RIAA Moves In on Digital Radio

11 Jun, 2004 at 4:05pm ET Article published in Tech

Digital radio broadcasts that bring CD-quality sound to the airwaves could lead to unfettered song copying if protections are not put in place, a recording-industry trade group warned on Friday.

Without copy protections, music fans could cherry-pick songs off the air and redistribute them over the Internet, further deepening the copyright woes of record labels, the Recording Industry Association of America said. U.S. regulators at the Federal Communications Commission should ensure that the broadcast format limits such copying so radio stations don’t turn the airwaves into a giant file-sharing network, RIAA officials said.

When will the RIAA get a clue about the real problems it faces such as a bad business model? -KF

Source: Wired

Comments

11 Jun 2004 ~ 5:22pm Thrax Holy ****ing ****.

Are you kidding me?
11 Jun 2004 ~ 5:38pm Kwitko Next, they're going to subpoena those who hum songs to themselves.
11 Jun 2004 ~ 6:00pm Thrax Sure! And they can license duct tape as a copy protection scheme against humming, and then sue people for taking it off their mouths!

BRILLIANT!
11 Jun 2004 ~ 6:26pm Linc

KingFish wrote:

When will the RIAA get a clue about the real problems it faces such as a bad business model? -KF

Wait, you're saying that suing your customer base is a bad idea?
11 Jun 2004 ~ 8:12pm KingFish Why yes, SCO, it's a bad idea. hehe

KF
12 Jun 2004 ~ 2:37am Garg You know, if people are patient enough, they could always buy a decent soundcard, hook up a cd player to its input, and record tracks that way.

There will always be ways around copy protection, and people want free music bad enough that they're not going to be discouraged by minor inconveniences. Back to threatening colleges until they bust down dorm room doors, RIAA.
12 Jun 2004 ~ 9:56am Armo

Mr. Kwitko wrote:

Next, they're going to subpoena those who hum songs to themselves.

sir i represent the RIAA im going to have to ask you to come to the gallows sir
12 Jun 2004 ~ 12:15pm Gobbles Its not the business model that sucks.. its that 80% of the cd's out there only have 1 song that people like off it, so they have to pay 10 to 15 dollars for a single song.

and stop giving them ideas on things like humming. And where were the RIAA when I was recording songs off the radio to cassette in the 80's??? aww crap now they are gonna sue me for that...

Gobbles
12 Jun 2004 ~ 7:41pm KingFish

Gobbles wrote:

Its not the business model that sucks.. its that 80% of the cd's out there only have 1 song that people like off it, so they have to pay 10 to 15 dollars for a single song. Gobbles

That is part of the business model I'm referring to.

KF