Record Labels Aim at Satellite Radio

Rob Updegrove 6 Oct, 2005 at 8:45am ET Article published in Tech

The record labels have shifted their aim toward Satellite Radio providers, for allowing their customers the use of portable listening devices which also provide a recording capability.

Even if the conflict winds up in court, Crockett said in his report he did not believe such a suit would succeed because so-called ‘fair use’ laws allow users to record songs for their own use.

He said it could would pose a “headline risk” for satellite radio and prompt a lobbying push by the recording industry as the two industries wrangle over a new music rights contract.

Crockett said the RIAA may seek $1 billion plus in music rights fees for a new contract covering 2007 to 2012 to replace the current $80 million pact that expires in 2006.

Is the recording industry protecting its rights, or just plain getting greedy?

Source: Reuters

Comments

6 Oct 2005 ~ 9:27am Garg I'm going to go with Greedy.
6 Oct 2005 ~ 9:29am Cyclonite I think they're just doing it to be bastards.
6 Oct 2005 ~ 9:40am CB What do you mean 'getting greedy'?
6 Oct 2005 ~ 2:39pm Gobbles they have forgotten with whom they are really responsible to, the music customer. Protecting the artist is all well and good, but wait till people just say screw it and boycott buying cd's. Ive bought 1 cd in 3 years, you can thank the RIAA for that. Im not supporting them in any way shape or form.
10 Oct 2005 ~ 4:52pm airbornflght yeah, the riaa said that cd's would become cheaper when "methods for producing them" became cheaper. all ive seen is the price go up. they were saying it'd be around $6 a cd after a while. havent seen that yet at all.

They are making some huge mistakes