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Creative's firmware "upgrade"

Posted Oct 17, 2006 15:48 UTC (Tue) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
Parent article: Creative's firmware "upgrade"

It's even more ridiculous than that. Who knew that RIAA 'regulations' banned stereos with cassette-tape recorders on them?

Oh, right, they don't. (Because they don't actually have the right to impose such 'regulations'. Praise be to cartels :/ )

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Posted Oct 17, 2006 19:52 UTC (Tue) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

Cool rockbox features of the month:

- random auto-change directory, sort of like a shuffled playlist which
plays each directory in order (excellent for those of us with e.g.
classical works split up by movement: we want to hear the works in random
order, not the movements!)

- pause on headphone removal. Sure, everyone else has this too but now
rockbox does as well. Of course it's insanely customizable, with optional
resume-only-if-headphones-are-in-at-powerup and
rewind-before-restarting-on-reinsertion.

Rockbox rocks. :)

Creative's firmware "upgrade"

Posted Oct 17, 2006 22:17 UTC (Tue) by bk (guest, #25617) [Link]

I imagine the RIAA response would be that DAPs allow "perfect digital copies" while analog casettes show generational loss (and you already pay your RIAA tax when you buy blank casettes anyway).

I wonder if RIAA has some arrangement with the MP3 patent holder Thompson and that's how they're able to exert pressure on DAP manufacturers. It could also be DRM licensing leverage. That's all speculation on my part though.

Creative's firmware "upgrade"

Posted Oct 18, 2006 18:26 UTC (Wed) by brouhaha (subscriber, #1698) [Link]

There isn't any RIAA tax on blank casettes (in the US). Only on blank DAT tapes. I'm sure that the RIAA would love to get a tax on blank cassettes, but it's not likely to happen.

Creative's firmware "upgrade"

Posted Oct 19, 2006 2:18 UTC (Thu) by bk (guest, #25617) [Link]

Ah, well, thanks for the correction.