RIAA wants to force FM receivers into all cell phones
Android Central reports that the RIAA’s trying to make it so all cell phones include an FM radio receiver. Now, we already know the music industry is bonkers. The RIAA’s thought in the past that it’s a good idea to sue kids for downloading a few songs online, and U2 manager Paul McGuinness offered the full extent of his crazy in a GQ interview, expertly torn to pieces on No Rock and Roll Fun. But seriously, an FM radio, in every cell phone, PDA and portable device, just because record labels are ‘missing out’ on money they might otherwise get?
I look forward to the proposal of forcing an entire local theatre to be glued to every flat-screen TV.
(Hat tip: Ian Betteridge.)