Advocacy Group Accuses RIAA Of Reversing Course With XM Lawsuit
In the wake of the RIAA and major labels suing XM over it’s INNO player which downloads and saves XM’s streams and other RIAA lawsuits, consumer advocacy group the Home Recording Rights Coalition has issued a statement that lambastes the music industry for contradictory statements before the courts:
"The lawyer that signed the complaint against XM is the same lawyer who told the Supreme Court that ripping a CD to a PC and then to a handheld device (without paying any royalty) is lawful. He represents the same industry that, in seeking ‘inducement’ legislation, promised that it would never be applied against devices such as a TiVo personal video recorder. But yesterday the complaint against XM claimed that consumers who use their devices in such ways are violating the copyright laws, and that XM is therefore guilty of inducement."
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"The lawyer that signed the complaint against XM is the same lawyer who told the Supreme Court that ripping a CD to a PC and then to a handheld device (without paying any royalty) is lawful. He represents the same industry that, in seeking ‘inducement’ legislation, promised that it would never be applied against devices such as a TiVo personal video recorder. But yesterday the complaint against XM claimed that consumers who use their devices in such ways are violating the copyright laws, and that XM is therefore guilty of inducement."
