TiVo-like Application for XM Radio Under Fire

Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday August 26, 2004 @02:47PM from the bloop-bloop-ding dept.

Strudelkugel writes "USA Today reports: 'Catching Blondie's reunion tour broadcast at 4 in the morning wasn't an option for XM satellite radio subscriber and single father Scott MacLean. "I was missing concerts that were being broadcasted when I was asleep or out," he said. So the 35-year-old computer programmer from Ottawa, Ontario, wrote a piece of software that let him record the show directly onto his PC hard drive while he snoozed.' As expected, the lawyers are coming out. Seems like a good idea, though. This capability might actually entice me to get an XM radio."

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Hello! McFLY! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-08-26 15:53 · Score: -1, Flamebait

There's a pattern to this madness. This is the same shit that's been happening since the early 60's, when kids were telnet'ing into mainframes to play ZORK .

Either you adapt or you die. Works this way in Africa, Japan, and the United States. Eventually, we'll start killing lawyers too.

First things first...