RIAA Protests Digital Radio:
It looks like the RIAA wants regulations put on digital radio because they fear that people will pirate the “CD Quality” music that digital radio provides.

Digital radio broadcasts that bring CD-quality sound to the airwaves could lead to unfettered song copying if protections are not put in place, a recording-industry trade group warned on Friday. Without copy protections, music fans could cherry-pick songs off the air and redistribute them over the Internet.

If you ask me, I think that consumers should only be entitled to crappy music with hissing, cracking and popping unless we pay monthly royalties to the RIAA. I mean c’mon…why should the customer get good music for free on the radio? And what about people that play their CD’s in public, like at the park? I think everyone who even walks by and hears that music (and didn’t pay for it) should have to pay royalties too. Matter o’ fact, you know when you hear a crappy song on the radio and it gets stuck in your head ALL DAY? The RIAA is missing out on royalties each time that song is playing over and over in your head. The true victim here is the RIAA.