MPAA and RIAA are fools Part MCXMVIII at Daniel Spisak on Technology

So we have two excellent examples today of foolishness on the RIAA and MPAA’s parts. First up is the MPAA and their attempts at closing the “Analog Hole” and the reaction of consumer electronics companies and even other content makers. The “analog hole” exists because many TVs, even hi-def sets, aren’t digital, so next-generation Blu-Ray and HD-DVD players need to be able to send out an analog signal. But it’s fairly easy to record that signal at quality as good as the hi-def original and better quality than today’s DVDs.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117938855?categoryid=1009&cs=1

The MPAA seems to think that customer education on this will be undertaken be the likes of those in the retail sector. Obviously these guys have never asked for help in a large retail store before. However what is interesting is that the other content providers had reservations about the complexity of the measures needed to plug the “Analog Hole”. So there is some hope perhaps.
Now on the other side of the stupid shoe we have the RIAA trying to claim that Sirius satillite rado is an “interactive” service solely because Sirius has a radio consumers can buy that can record MP3’s from the Sirius broadcast.

http://news.morningstar.com/news/DJ/M03/
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Of course the other problem for Sirius and XM is the fact that they have to negotiate their royalty rates. So how much of Sirus’ revenue does the RIAA want because they are “interactive” now supposedly? Try 30%. That’s right, not 3%, not 10%, no that would be ONE THIRD. All because a radio can record to MP3. God forbid a consumer time-shift their favorite radio shows.

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