Thread: Why the RIAA is wrong, XMPCR is dead...

I believe it transmits too becaue each unit has a number to be activated when you subscribe.

And yes, the RIAA is the devil.

They should all koing forces (FCC, RIAA, MPAA, etc) and create a goliath of a greed induced company to take over the world.

These people need to learn to change the way they do business. The world has changed and they refuse to change the way they make their money and ***** about it. Its almost like horse salesmen suing Henry Ford for making an affordable car.

Originally Posted by judoGTI

They should all koing forces (FCC, RIAA, MPAA, etc) and create a goliath of a greed induced company to take over the world.

It won't be long before Micro$oft owns them. Which sucks, but I don't particularly hate MS for any reason.

It sucks to see the death of such good hardware due to 1 piece of software which blatently went against the TOS of the XM service.

They should have sued the asses off the people who wrote the software, and/or got the RIAA to go for them, not kill off the hardware.

Looks like getting a decent PC compatible radio in the UK is looking even more distant

I agree. Sue the idiots that wrote TimeTrax not the users of the PC. But I guess that was Napsters arguement as well. The RIAA needs to admit the internet exists and isnt going away, and review how they sell their product. Until they do they will always be fighting this battle and will lose eventually. Even if it takes kids coming out of the womb knowing how to write P2P software.

The RIAA tries to prevent the crime by preventing the means to it. No banks mean no bank robberies. No guns mean no shootings.

While this method does work, it severly incringes on personal freedoms. No, I'm not talking about the freedom to steal. I'm not talking about the freedom to take away other's freedoms (as in violating copyrights.) I'm talking about the freedom to expand technology and utilize it.

Super-high-quality, over-the-air-broadcasts, are very close. HD radio can be ripped to a high-quality WAV and then to an MP3 via a computer. It's not hard at all. You just need the off-the-shelf computer equipment for it.

The issue that needs to be addressed is Internet policing. There is no way to catch people. There is no (easy) way to identify people. People are much more daring. If everyone knew exactly who you were, there would be much much less copyright infringement because the risk of being caught was too high.

The RIAA and MPAA are not bad orginizations. What they represent and stand for is fine and good. They are getting carried away and becomming hated by many, many people.

Well since I don't have a XM PCR and writing my software without one is going to suck, I think dropping the hardware is a stupid thing to do.. But I can see why XM did it.. Rather then spend all that money going after TimeTrax and any other software which pops up(and there would be) it was just more cost effective to drop the XM PCR..

It sucks I know cause I can't get one but I can't blame XM for doing it either..

My 3.1415927 cents... (inflation & licensing fees)

Frankliy, the RIAA doesn't have anything to stand on regarding the XMR PC.
They tried to do the same thing when cassdette recorders hit the market. Peopel could record albums.
Then CDRs, as people could record CDs.
Then Napster.
Now this.

Don't get me wrong. I think artists should get p[aid for what they do. It's their livelihood. But there's a balance. There has to be.
Governmental & industry organizations like this are squashing technology, which overall is a bad thing.
Granted, recording satellite radio into MP3 isn't going to help get us to Mars or make fuel cells a reality or cure any disease...
But what if the person developing a piece of hardware gives up on technology development before he cures cancer or develops a cleaner way to produce electricity?

Scary thought...

If XM was scared of an RIAA lawsuit, then they would stop supporting it and give users another model. While expensive, it's certainly less money than a multi-million dollar settlement.

Originally Posted by DarquePervert

Governmental & industry organizations like this are squashing technology, which overall is a bad thing.

Exactly, which is where my problems are with RIAA/MPAA (which I shall now call RIMP-AA because "rimp-ah" sounds funny.)

If there were 1/2 as many Sat. Radio companies as there are DVD burner companies, this wouldn't be an issue. the RIAA is trying to nip this in the bud.