XM+MP3 Going to Trial

fistfullast33l writes "A federal judge has ruled that Music Companies can take XM Radio to trial over the XM+MP3 device that allows users to record songs off the Satellite Radio Company's network for playback later. The lawsuit, which was filed last year, asserts that XM is violating the Music publishers' sole distribution rights. From the article: 'XM has argued it is protected from infringement lawsuits by the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992, which permits individuals to record music off the radio for private use. The judge said she did not believe the company was protected in this instance by the act.'"

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Re:This is a case...

[loganrapp]

God, I hope John Roberts has TiVo.

Trial Quote

[Anonymous Coward]

Although XM argued in court papers that an XM + MP3 player is much like a traditional radio-cassette player, the judge said "it is not."

A lawyer for XM responded, "Is too!"

(Quote from the washington post AP version of the story)

Do you mean to tell me...

[gillbates]

Someone actually screwed the RIAA for once?

Wow. I thought the RIAA would be able to recognize such an inequitable and one-sided deal...