Remember that election last November? You know, the one that signaled the need for change. Well, apparently that change doesn’t include taking a more enlightened approach to legislation involving new technology. Earlier this month a bipartisan group of Senators lead by Diane Feinstein (D-CA) introduced a bill that would create a variety of new restrictions for both Internet broadcasters and listeners.
Bill S.256, also known as the “Platform Equality and Remedies for Rights Holders in Music Act” (PERFORM), would, among other things, require that Internet broadcasters protect their audio streams with DRM technology. Apparently the RIAA has convinced Feinstein that unencrypted audio streams are contributing to the global piracy problem.
In a world where just about every song ever recorded is available from any number of online sources, it’s hard to believe that a significant number of listeners are sitting around waiting for their favorite song to play on some Internet station so they can record the stream, cut the song out of the stream, tag it, then transfer it to their iPod. No, something tells me that people who don’t want to pay for songs have more efficient ways of stealing music.
It’s unfathomable that lawmakers would spend time attempting to cripple a new industry that is still in its infancy. Worse yet, this isn’t the first time we’ve seen this bill. It was introduced last year and ultimately failed. The fact that it’s been reintroduced is a testament to the RIAA’s persistence as a lobbying group.
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Well there are great programs for ripping music from streams it rips it then tags it automatically and deletes the duplicates. Sadly it doesn’t make radio streams suck any less.
If you can hear it you can record it. It’s a plain and simple FACT. And there ARE many programs which will turn streams into quality MP3 files. If a way is found (which I doubt it will) to DRM streams some high school kid will crack it within a week. It’s a losing battle. Stop wasting time on this RIA and alter your marketing strategies to keep up with the technology.
Diane Feinstein (D-CA) only wants you to have the rights she thinks you should have according to her she lead the fight to take away your firearms rights look at california now you cant own anything really good and she wants to control the internet too. shes for government control of your lives sounds like communism doesnt it