Comments on: XM Radio pulls PC hardware amid piracy concerns

Internet radio station yanks recording software and tuner unit, creating premium eBay market.

Discontinuation - FUD?

I ordered my XMPCR from hp.com on Aug 27th and had it
shipped via FedEX. It arrived this morning. According to
hp.com, they are still available...why go to ebay?

er...maybe not

just checked again after my post...seems they are out of
stock...bummer.

[JT_2005]

What About Tapes, CD Burners, MiniDisks...

I don't understand why someone hasn't taken the position that this is exactly the same as taping a song on the radio. What is the difference between taping a song on the radio, making copies, and giving it to my friend? Why hasn't the RIAA sued Maxell, Sony, BSAF? Is it because they have the lawyers to crush the RIAA?

XM is a paid service. Scott MacLean simply created a "tape recorder" for a service that he pays for. Now if he decided to distribute the MP3's that he created to a mass audience, I could understand but he didn't. He simply made a "Sony Walkman" for the PCR - a service that you cannot get without paying for.

So does this mean that I can no longer make copies of my software for backup purposes? If my name is on someone's voice mail, can I sue if they put my message on speaker phone?

What will it take for someone to realize that all the RIAA has to do is to hire someone half-way smart enough to create a music CD that's in a proprietary format and not compatible with MP3's. They won't sell any CD's but no-one will be able to copy music anymore.

[Big Tsunami]

Pay Per Listen

If the RIAA had it their way, they would make everything pay per listen.

Honestly, these strongarm tactics have turned me off to the music industry almost completely. The record companies say they are defending their artists, but what it really boils down to is the sniveling executives that want to bleed every last penny from the consuming public.

RIAA you have backfired and I am through with you!

I wonder what is next. Do I have to pay a royalty to GE when I illuminate one of their lights?

The hell with them and the RIAA

Well, I had been thinking about sat. radio and this had made up my mind. I wouldn't touch one if they gave it to me.

To hell with them and the RIAA. RIAA = Rich Ignorant American As*holes.

Robert

[mpotter28]

if you can't listen to it

then you can't copy it. I think orrin hatch should just come up with a bill that makes us send our money to the RIAA. lets get rid of that silly nonsence of listening to music and buying cd's just send them MONEY.

XM's big mistake

Banning a perfectly legitimate product because it could be used for quasi legal practices is absolutely insane. Based on that thinking, you may as well ban cars because they could be used by a thief to flee a bank robbery. Maybe we should ban pillows because you could smother someone with one? How about banning the internet? Or perhaps computers themselves. That?s the answer! Ban computers. No computers? no internet? no internet? no file sharing? no file sharing? the world is perfect again!

You may say I am being ridiculous with my above statements. I am. But are they any different than banning the XMPCR because it could be used illegally. The vast majority of users, use it as intended, to listen to XM with the convenience of managing it with your PC. It was XM?s way to compete with internet radio. A few people will always cheat the system in some ways. The RIAA would not get any money from them anyway. The bottom line is that it is unfair for XM to take this valuable service away from its customers. And give me good reason to consider switching to SIRIUS.

[applian]

Replay Music does this for Streaming Music

You don't need a piece of hardware for this -- just use Replay Music and your favorite high quality streaming music radio station or jukebox service, and it will split tracks into separate MP3 files and tag the songs with the artist and song title. It's really slick, and totally legal.

Here's the Replay Music web site:
www.replay-music.com

[reinmasamuri]

They can't touch NeroSoft

Judges have already ruled that VCR-like software such as time trax is legal under the fair use act.
They can't be touched

[boomslang]

No, but they will slit their own throat...

and quit selling the XM PCR.