Monday, October 10, 2005
RIAA is Ready to Sue Satellite Radio
Posted by James Fee in "CONTENT" @ 07:00 AM
"Press reports indicate that the RIAA is upset over recording capabilities being built into the newest portable players from the two services. XM has offered its MyFi player with such capabilities since last year, and Sirius plans to bring out a similar player by the holiday season. The Sirius model relies solely on recorded programming to operate. RIAA representatives argue that these devices will harm sales of legal downloads; however, it should be mentioned that the quality of the recordings made by these devices are noticeably lower than songs sold on iTunes and other music stores."
One really has to wonder the mindset of the RIAA. I can't imagine why they would be worried about the MyFi player at all. My wife's, while nice, isn't close to a TiVo and you can't even save individual songs out. It is more like a VCR than anything. I guess since they missed suing MTV in the 1980's, they feel that they need to attack anything new they see out of fear they might lose total control over their product. Very sad. :roll:
One really has to wonder the mindset of the RIAA. I can't imagine why they would be worried about the MyFi player at all. My wife's, while nice, isn't close to a TiVo and you can't even save individual songs out. It is more like a VCR than anything. I guess since they missed suing MTV in the 1980's, they feel that they need to attack anything new they see out of fear they might lose total control over their product. Very sad. :roll:
