Internet Radio Rate hike delayed. NPR is filing an appeal

[mzkhadir]

ArsTechnica

 

[Turin39789]

NPR pwnz

 

[Tobolo]

Originally posted by: Turin39789
NPR pwnz

If you would read the article is says that the NPR appeal got dismissed.

 

[Turin39789]

Originally posted by: Tobolo

Originally posted by: Turin39789
NPR pwnz

If you would read the article is says that the NPR appeal got dismissed.

I did read the article, I also am listening to NPR streaming internet radio at this moment; it pwns

 

[ch33zw1z]

burn in hell RIAA. how far is too far for them? greedy @ssholes.

 

[Czar]

related
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/03/pandora_block/

 

[PepePeru]

Originally posted by: Tobolo

Originally posted by: Turin39789
NPR pwnz

If you would read the article is says that the NPR appeal got dismissed.

NPR pwnz

 

[mzkhadir]

Originally posted by: Tobolo

Originally posted by: Turin39789
NPR pwnz

If you would read the article is says that the NPR appeal got dismissed.

they are filing another appeal in the next 60 days

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: ch33zw1z
burn in hell RIAA. how far is too far for them? greedy @ssholes.

Oh they can go much further!

Mandate *ALL* sound device drivers to forbid recording when a DRM media is played. (to stop people from recording napster files to get around DRM, for example) Of course it could still be recorded with a wire to another PC or recording device.

Mandate XM and Sirius to put a pilot tone in their broadcasts that consumer recording devices (including pc's with drivers as above) could detect and mute the recording inputs. Remember macrovision with VHS? Interestingly enough with the stream's bandwidth masking such a pilot in the ANALOG output would be difficult to do without impacting SQ of an already borderline format. At least Sony isn't involved.

Of course if you have pro gear you won't have this issue as pro gear will remain DRM free as always. But they may insist that people purchasing pro gear submit some type of documentation to prove they are in the biz. :roll:

DRM isn't new. Back in the 80's (yes 80's!) consumer DAT machines had SCMS (short for Serial Copy Management System info ) - a system that would let you make ONE digital copy of a CD. If you tried to copy that tape digitally to another deck the SCMS flag would trigger a "PROHIBITED" message on the target recorder. Of course pro decks did not have this limitation...