FC: RIAA escalates attack on music piracy, wants "broadcast flag"

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

http://news.com.com/2100-1023-944640.html?tag=politech

   RIAA talks tough on Web radio copying
   By Declan McCullagh 
   July 17, 2002, 4:50 PM PT

   WASHINGTON--The Recording Industry Association of America said
   Wednesday that it has begun pressing for anti-copying technology in
   future digital radio standards.
   
   Mitch Glazier, the association's top lobbyist, said the RIAA is
   contacting IT and consumer electronics groups to ask them to consider
   a "broadcast flag" for digital music sent through the Internet,
   satellite or cable.

   [...]
   
   The idea is straightforward: Future hardware and software would treat
   music differently if it were designated as broadcast-only, preventing
   users from saving it or uploading it. Currently programs like
   StreamRipper or StreamCatcher can record streaming music distributed
   through Webcasting.
   
   But because people might not use these new kinds of music receivers if
   given a choice, new federal laws likely would be necessary to compel
   software and hardware manufacturers to abide by the broadcast-only
   designation.

   [...]





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