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Subject:    [DMCA_Discuss] BBBlog: Mandatory Radio-Crippling Law Introduced
From:       Seth Johnson <seth.johnson () realmeasures ! dyndns ! org>
Date:       2006-03-04 15:01:23
Message-ID: 4409ABC3.EFD4D44E () RealMeasures ! dyndns ! org
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http://www.boingboing.net/2006/03/02/house_introduces_man.html

House introduces mandatory radio-crippling law

Rep. Mike Ferguson (R-N.J.) has introduced a bill to cripple
all   digital radios. The Audio Broadcast Flag Licensing Act of
2006 (H.R.   4861) requires all digital radio makers to build
their devices so   that they only permit "customary uses" of
broadcasts. That means that   no one ever gets to invent any new
radio tech ever again unless the   RIAA approves of it. Finally,
it requires radio device makers to   cripple their products to
prohibit "unauthorized copying" -- which is   a lot more broad
than "illegal copying." As we've heard, the RIAA's   position is
that no copying is implicitly authorized -- they don't   even
think you should be allowed to rip your CDs.

Fergusun is committing political suicide. No constituent of  
Fergusun's woke up this morning wishing for a way to do less with
her   radio. There's no manufacturer who can sell more radios
by   advertising "Now! With fewer features!" This is a bill to
steal from   tomorrow's entrepreneurs, who'll never get to invent
the next   generation of awesome music tech, in order to line the
pockets of   yesterday's recording industry fatcats.

For a picture of what the RIAA considers permissible, take a look
at   the comments they filed with the FCC on this topic back in
2004.   Here's the list of restrictions they asked for then:

* Receivers may only record or permit recording of covered
content:   (a) in direct and immediate response to a consumer
pressing a record   button; (b) based on a date and time
preprogrammed by the consumer.

* Preprogrammed recordings shall be for a minimum period of 30  
minutes in duration.

* A replay buffer may be used to initiate a recording of a
previously   broadcast transmission provided that the buffer does
not exceed 30   minutes in duration.

* Each recording of covered content shall be stored and retrieved
as   a singe continuous session and may not be divided into
recordings of   individual songs on an automated or non-automated
basis using ID   information or audio characteristics...

Watch this space for ways that you can tell your lawmaker that
voting   for this will cost her/him the next election. Link
(Image courtesty of Dan Lockton)

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