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   Devin, May 22nd, 2006 @ 3:16am

   
   

   Yes!

   It certainly is, I'm not sure why the RIAA can't figure this out. (Actually I'm pretty sure it's because they're stupid judging by them thinking their business model still works) A good portion of the time when they start suiing mass public hasn't even heard of them yet. Then they get a huge surge of traffic when the mass media starts carrying the story.
   
   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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   Mike4, May 22nd, 2006 @ 3:24am

   
   

   I thought the same exact thing when I heard about the story. I had never even heard of it before, so I did a search and started looking into it. The price is a little high for me, but I'm sure there are plenty of people who will buy it.
   
   The thought of it becoming an illegal product should definitely help sales.

    

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   Music Pirate, May 22nd, 2006 @ 3:41am

   
   

   You cannot copy the music you record back to your PC......
   
   So why is the RIAA suing again?

    

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   necro, May 22nd, 2006 @ 4:07am

   
   

   so why are they suing again?
   
   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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   Mike4, May 22nd, 2006 @ 4:39am

   
   

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   "You cannot copy the music you record back to your PC......"
   
   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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   the average citizen, May 22nd, 2006 @ 5:30am

   
   

   DOWN WITH THE RIAA

   I hate the RIAA and hope anyone involved with them catches a nasty disease

    

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   Jeff, May 22nd, 2006 @ 5:32am

   
   

   "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."
   
   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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   ibeetle, May 22nd, 2006 @ 5:53am

   
   

   XM PCR all over again.

   A couple of years ago XM introduced a product called the PCR. A XM receiver that was made specifically to be hooked up to a computer and played through using a special XM Radio PC Player software.
   
   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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   Rob G, May 22nd, 2006 @ 6:31am

   
   

   Conspiracy

   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!

    

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    Nick Burns (profile), May 22nd, 2006 @ 7:29am

    
    

    RIAA Inducement

    So with this lawsuit, the RIAA is causing people to buy the Inno. Thus, they should sue themselves on "inducement"!

     

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    Patrick, May 22nd, 2006 @ 7:29am

    
    

    Time for someone to step in

    I think this lawsuite should really be the last straw. How in gods name is this any different that making recordings off of the radio? basically the RIAA is saying that they are ok with you recording music with the low fi - tape deck but once you get to the high quality all digital realm then it magically becomes stealing? And what I find most rediculous about all of this is that the Record companies are actually paying to get these songs played! They spend millions of dollars to get the song played once the radio but they can't see the value of a song being played on demand by the consumer.

     

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    BigRef, May 22nd, 2006 @ 8:55am

    
    

    Lawsuits

    You don't get it. Lawyers live to lawyer. RIAA lawyers run the RIAA and they are happy to sue anyone they can find. They could care less about the artists. They could care less about the technology. They could care less about any consequence other than their paycheck. THe XM lawyers closed the doors and did a happy dance. They have paycheck security for the foreseeable future. They can defend. They can countersue. They can show that they are worth more than radios in low geosychronis orbit. They see this as a win-win.

     

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    rijit, May 22nd, 2006 @ 9:50am

    
    

    Conspiracy by Rob G on May 22nd, 2006 @ 6:31am
    
    "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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