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TiVo-like Application for XM Radio Under Fire
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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Catching Blondie's reunion tour broadcast at 4 in the morning wasn't an option for XM satellite radio subscriber
So he stayed up till 4AM programming.
RArr!
...if he used OGG VORBIS. Can you imagine the RIAA's press release about some guy converting a radio broadcast into some "ogg" files? I don't think so.
"Music labels fear that the convenience of MacLean's software will lead millions more to copy and distribute songs over file-sharing networks such as KaZaA, a music industry source said."
So they're suing him for creating easy to use software... great... time to sue Microsoft because everyone claims Windows is the easiest!
"Music labels fear that the convenience of MacLean's software will lead millions more to copy and distribute songs over file-sharing networks such as KaZaA, a music industry source said."
I guess they missed Streamripper and others like it then... I'm surprised none of them has had a stroke yet from all the stress they give themselves.
As expected, the lawyers are coming out.
I'm no follower of Debbie Harry either, but dragging the poor guy into court for being a fan is going too far.
They should be cracking down on real criminals.
J Lo fans.
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Ugh - Blondie's reunion tour? No wonder he's single.
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Imagine Sen. Hatch on the 5pm news:
"Jizz will destroy the hard work thousands of people. If we allow jizz to spread, thousands of jobs will be lost. Not to mention the kids, what will all this jizz everywhere do to the kids?"
itadakimasu
in other news from USA Today:
"Number 2 is Number 1"
"America's Favorite Pencil"
USA Today... the newspaper that's not afraid to tell it like it is: Everything's going to be just fine
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He may want to go a step farther a strap a have pound of thermite to the top of that drive... just i case.
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Well, I guess they better ban CDs, DVDs, and all MP3/audio players then!
AC comments get piped to
I don't recall analog tape recorders that could take a broadcast, turn it into an MP3 file per song, and tag it and sort it out by artist and album, all automatically.
You must be a youngster. In the olden days we had these things called pens and pencils that allowed us to write the names of the artists and songs on the liner of the cassette tape.
LK
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Here is the code he wrote:
/bin/sh
:(
$ at 4 inthefuckingmorning
warning: commands will be executed using
at> wavrec Blondie.wav
at> oggenc Blondie.wav && rm -f Blondie.wav
job 86 at 2004-08-27 04:00
slashdot removes the EOT because it's in brackets
Instead of thieving child porn traders Comstock was convinced obscenity and birth control would destoroy the nation.
And today, most doctors are convinced obesity and the lack of girth control will destoroy the nation.
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The stuff the RIAA gets away with in the US just wouldn't fly in Canada.
...You mean like a tax on all blank recording
media, regardless of intended use, that goes
straight into the RIAA/CRIA's pockets?
Oh, wait, we don't have that in the US. Sorry, nevermind.
Now he'll get sued if less than 80% of his MP3s are by Canadian artists...