The war with the RIAA seemed to take a downturn last month when Creative issued a firmware update that removed FM recording from it's Zen MicroPhoto and Zen Vision:M digital audio players.

But with a big huzzah, hurray, and yippee, Creative has restored FM recording in their latest 1.60.01 firmware update. Score one for the home team.

The removal of Creative's FM recording was of deep concern because it set a dangerous precidence in the consumer electronics industry. If the RIAA could show that digital recording of FM is felonious then they could easily give that attribution to satellite radio (or HD radio) devices. So this is a good thing.

[Engadget]