No XM Recording For You

Om Malik | Friday, January 19, 2007 | 11:12 AM PT | 1 comment

US District Court Judge Deborah Watts has allowed RIAA to pursue its case again XM Radio. Watts thinks that XM+MP3 devices like the Inno, Helix, and Nexus don’t quality for protection under the Audio Home Recording Act. Her ruling essentially says that it is okay to tape songs off the free radio, but not okay when it is a subscription radio service like XM. Oh Really! “At this stage of the proceeding, the court’s ruling is required to be based on the false characterizations set forth in the plaintiffs’ complaint,” XM said in a statement.

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February 1st, 2007
6:06 PM PT
Mpire Blog said:

XM Inno Review Round-Up…

Lately I’ve been thinking about picking up an XM Inno, but some of the early reviews have not been favorable. Discwiz had trouble with his XM Inno’s flaky battery behavior. Cnet’s XM Inno review mentions this problem, as well. Howev…

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