[Swprograms] RIAA fears digital radio napstering

[Joel Rubin <jmrubin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hmm - RIAA is the Recording Industry Association of America (riaa.org)

I recently heard that some RIAA members had begun paying royalties to
artists whom they had had trouble finding. Among the artists was Regis
Philbin. Mr. Philbin cohosts a daily syndicated TV talk show at the
WABC-TV studios and is the host of the U.S. version of "Who Wants to
Be a Millionaire". I should think he wouldn't be hard to find
especially if he OWED them money. I posted that story to alt.2600 with
a title something like "RIAA members to stop pirating music".

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/201300p-173728c.html

Digital piracy eyed 
 
Music biz wants FCC to get tough

By DAVID HINCKLEY
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER 
 
The music industry, which has been cracking down on people who
download copyrighted music from the Internet, wants the FCC to make it
just as illegal to take copyrighted music from the radio. 
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) says radio taping
could become an even bigger problem than Internet downloading and
file-swapping once radio stations complete their now-embryonic shift
to digital transmission. 

The FCC has a deadline of June 16 for comments on digital radio, and
the RIAA wants strict copyright controls to be part of the FCC's final
regulation package. 

This would probably involve building controls into the digital
technology, which was developed by Baltimore-based iBiquity Digital.
Controls could make the technology more expensive and delay
implementation. 

Both the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and the National
Association of Broadcasters say such controls are unnecessary because
the RIAA's fears are groundless. "There's been no demonstration
there's a problem," CEA's Michael Petricone told the Hollywood
Reporter. 

 



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