On BNET: 5 classic computer pranks
BNET Business Network:
BNET
TechRepublic
ZDNet
TalkBack 3 of 13:
Next »
« Previous
Recording the radio has always been fair use.
Recording the radio has always been fair use, so long as you don't try to sell anything you record, and listening to the radio has always been free.

Now with satellite radio, you have to pay just to listen, and they want to tell you that you can't record. What a crock! They claim that because satellite radio is CD quality, copy protection is needed. This is nonsense. The junk the RIAA wants to protect is teen pop, not symphonies and most teens are not audiophiles, or the cassette tape never would have been a viable music format.
Posted by: Uncoveror   Posted on: 10/14/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

Alert moderator to an offensive message

Subscribe to this discussion via Email or RSS

How DARE they!  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/14/04
LOL, good joke!  CobraA1 | 10/15/04
Recording the radio has always been fair use.  Uncoveror | 10/14/04
you forget  V Sanders | 10/16/04
Copy protection is a waste of time  John L. Ries | 10/14/04
I now have a thriving business - Thanks XM  cybershoplifter | 10/15/04
Surely not  Spoon Jabber | 10/15/04
It was a joke!!!  cybershoplifter | 10/15/04
Sorry!  Spoon Jabber | 10/15/04
If you've got a prob with RIAA, copyright,  FilledOut | 10/15/04
media companies want to RE-SELL new formats, instead of NEW media  V Sanders | 10/16/04
forget xm, am\fm is free  V Sanders | 10/15/04
Cassettes, royalties are paid to recording industry  grower | 01/31/05

What do you think?

SponsoredWhite Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads

advertisement

Enterprise Applications

  • Check out some of the easiest and most powerful ways to boost productivity while saving money on your application infrastructure. See ZDNet's comprehensive Enterprise Application resource center, now!
  • New Online Dashboard
  • Read about top issues IT decision-makers face every day, plus get cost effective solutions to real life IT problems. Oracle Topline