garym wrote: > ...it is actually silly to concern ourselves over these "what ifs" with > regard to Squeezebox (or other technology for that matter).
Guess we're each entitled to our own perspective, but the copyright issue isn't a "what if" situation. Just Google "Righthaven", or check out the RIAA lawsuits that have been going on for over 10 years. More recently, the US Copyright Group has filed over 50,000 lawsuits against individuals for movie copyright infringement. TV channels routinely disappear from cable and satellite systems as the program owners and conduit providers fight over contract details. Sometimes they come back, sometimes they don't. The internet radio system has already had stations come and go thanks to copyright cost issues. Radio copyright fights go way back. ASCAP tried to double fees in 1941 and the stations called their bluff. That's why BMI was started (Broadcast Music Inc) as radio stations looked for alternate material. There is just too much money involved for the copyright holders to ignore the cloud trend. I like internet radio and it doesn't bother me too much one way or another as to what they play and when, but trusting faceless corporations with my own collection and hoping they play nice is a different matter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mlsstl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9598 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95885 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
