Maybe you should check out the website
http://www.xmradio.com/get_xm/index.jsp
They are branded, packaged, and pre-programmed for XM service. Yes Audiovox, Delphi and Pioneer make the hardware, but Bestbuy doesn't buy them from audiovox, they buy them from XM.
Dont get me wrong... I think the suit is bogus, but I think I see what ill formed logic that RIAA is opperating under.
The XM2GO units that the RIAA are complaining about are an all-in-one solution for storing music.
XM is the broadcaster, sells the receiver and thus is the only party responsible for the viloation.
In the old days, you could not sue a tape deck manufacture for music piracy because you needed to buy tapes from someone to do the crime. With XM2GO there is only one person "at fault" in the eyes of RIAA.
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Maybe you should check out the website http://www.xmradio.com/get_xm/index.jsp They are branded, packaged, and pre-programmed for XM service. Yes Audiovox, Delphi and Pioneer make the hardware, but Bestbuy doesn't buy them from audiovox, they buy them from XM.
Dont get me wrong... I think the suit is bogus, but I think I see what ill formed logic that RIAA is opperating under. The XM2GO units that the RIAA are complaining about are an all-in-one solution for storing music. XM is the broadcaster, sells the receiver and thus is the only party responsible for the viloation. In the old days, you could not sue a tape deck manufacture for music piracy because you needed to buy tapes from someone to do the crime. With XM2GO there is only one person "at fault" in the eyes of RIAA.