Is The RIAA Lawsuit Acting As Free Advertising For The XM Inno Device?
from the could-be... dept
We don't normally pay much attention to product reviews around here, because that's not our thing. However, with the Washington Post putting up a glowing review of the Pioneer Inno device for XM subscribers, you have to wonder if the RIAA's lawsuit against XM (which they had promised they wouldn't do) is having the opposite effect. It's another Streisand Effect situation, where a product that many of us never would have paid attention to gets a lot more publicity. If anything, the RIAA's decision to sue over this device probably alerted many more people about how XM was offering such a useful gadget.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Yes!
As a person who hasn't bought into the whole satelite radio yet I'm considering getting this just because it pisses off the RIAA.
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The thought of it becoming an illegal product should definitely help sales.
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So why is the RIAA suing again?
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because that is the way they make money now a days. i think its the only way they make money.
tell me again why we need the RIAA?
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I have no experience with this, but I'm sure there's a way to copy the music back to your PC - even if it's just a line-in method. Of course, you can do that without the feature of saving songs to the Inno and just recording while it plays, but this does make it easier to copy them.
If you're that determined, you'll probably just go download them somewhere.
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DOWN WITH THE RIAA
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I do have an Inno, and I can attest to what a terrific device it is. The storage space can either be 100% allocated to programming recorded off the XM signal or split 50-50 between XM recordings and MP3 files. The MP3 space is accessed as if it were an additional hard drive when you connect the Inno to your computer via USB, but the XM space is not accessible at all. I suppose you could use a "line-in" method to copy XM recording off the Inno, but the quality would certainly be degraded from the original. That being said, I can't imagine that the RIAA has a leg to stand on with their lawsuit.
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XM PCR all over again.
I do not remember if recording required a hack or third party software or if it was a built in feature of the player software, but when the audio entertainment industry found out you could make a direct digital recording they went nuts. They sued XM and forced them to take the PC Receiver off the market.
For a few months they sold for hundreds, even close to a thousand dollars on Ebay. Now they are less than $100.00.
Now the RIAA is suing again under similar reasons and XM owners are convinced the same thing is going to happen with the Inno. If not removed completely from the market the fear of the recording feature being removed.
Thanks to the publicity of the RIAA suit there is now a complete sell out of the Inno and a 6 week backlog.
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Conspiracy
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RIAA Inducement
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Time for someone to step in
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Lawsuits
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"Yes! I think the RIAA and XM planned this whole lawsuit as a gigantic publicity stunt to sell more XM subscriptions which, ultimately, results in more revenue for XM and more fees paid to the RIAA. Nice job XM & RIAA on a promotional stunt even more creative than Sony not showing the Da Vinci Code to critics!"
I believe Sony screenes the Da Vinci Code at Cann this year, a whole week before it's release so check your info...
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