RIAA Trying to Copy-Protect Radio

doctorfaustus writes "The EFF is reporting that "the RIAA has been pushing the FCC to impose a copy-protection mandate on the makers of next-generation digital radio receiver/recorders (think TiVo-for-radio)." According to Mike Godwin, "Never mind that digital audio broadcasting is not significantly greater in quality than regular, analog radio. Never mind that its music quality is vastly less than than that of audio CDs. In spite of these inconvenient facts, the RIAA is hoping that the transition to "digital audio broadcasting" will provide enough confusion and panic that they can persuade Congress or the FCC to impose some kind of copy-protection scheme or regulation on digital radio broadcast." "

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PLEASE (deserving of caps) stop saying podcasting. Save format/DRM downloading music off the internet shouldn't be associated w/ the iPod. You don't need an iPod to make or listen to a "podcast". Why? Because it's marketing speak.

'podcast' means recorded audio
'podcasting' means streaming audio
Come on /., fight it!