The Copyright Modernization Act (HR 6052), which seeked to change the rules on the licensing and delivery of digital music, has died. XM Satellite Radio ran a grassroots campaign earlier this week, in a mass email sent to all subscribers, urging readers to oppose this legislation.
In the email, XM claimed that HR 6052 would "drive up our costs and stop us from offering radios that allow you to record XM channels for your later listening - in the same way that TiVo allows you to record TV for later viewing."
Well, it's dead. When the bill's sponsor, Senator Lamar Smith, said he'd like to delay HR 6052 until next year, "a collective sigh of relief was let out from a few rows of audience, comprised of consumer device manufacturers and some service providers," according to Public Knowledge.
One down, one to go.
HA!
This calls for a beer. 2 moere hours...
I'm glad to see Satellite Radio finally bought a few Senators of their own... Although reading "consumer device manufacturers" leads one to assume that the clout behind the killing of this Act was not Siri/XM...
Smith is a Representative, not a Senator. He has a terrible history. This is great news.
Good riddance.
Now if we can just can the RIAA.
These nutless wonders are just waiting until after the election...Communism is looking better all the time as China kicks our ass.
Figures this bill was sponsored by a republican.
The Perform Act is the same thing as the copyright modernization act.
Both are DEAD.
This will most likely lead the judge in the RIAA case to grant XM's motion to dismiss.