Mark Evans

Satellite silliness

Beaming digital music from the heavens is probably the best thing to hit the
radio industry since the FM band, but you couldn't tell based on comments
made by some music industry groups this week in Ottawa. Speaking before the
CRTC, which is deliberating over the licensing of satellite radio providers
in the Great White North, the Canadian Recording Industry Association said
it wants technology installed on receivers to prevent people from recording
the CD-like signals. What a load of self-serving crap! If the music industry
did a better job selling good music and commercial radio wasn't so
“programmed”, there wouldn't be as much interest in satellite radio. CRIA's
demand illustrates how the music industry remains out of touch with what
consumers want and how technology has changed the landscape. If the CRTC
gives Canadians a watered-down version of XM or Sirius, the grey market will
take off as Canadians look south for “real” radio.
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