RIAA Sues XM Satellite Radio

skayell writes "The RIAA is suing XM Satellite radio contending that the ability to store songs in memory makes it similar to an iPod, but with no income involved for the RIAA." From the article: "XM said it will vigorously defend this lawsuit on behalf of consumers and also called the lawsuit a bargaining tactic. [...] The labels are currently in talks with XM and its rival Sirius Satellite Radio, to renegotiate digital royalty contracts for broadcasts."

Comments

Not being 'broadcast consuming' is their problem

[crovira]

If they could, those parasites'd turn that 'interweb thingy' into a radio station so they'd could plunder the pockets of the transmitters and rape the ears of the listeners.

The dollar amounts they get from everybody and anybody are absolutely HUGE!

If I was into conspiracy theories, I'd say that the real reason we didn't get along with the Afghani Taliban was that they forbade radio as a 'Fatwah' and the RIAA's revenue stream was threatened.