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Current HD Radios in Danger Due to Bill in Congress
The soon-to-be-referred to as former Rep. Mike Ferguson (R-NJ) introduced a recording-industry bill to cripple digital radio: BoingBoing's Cory Doctorow writes that this bill essentially turns over all current and future capabilities on digital radio receivers in the US to the RIAA. It also means, as reported weeks ago, that if this bill were passed, all current HD Radio receivers would require modification or perhaps be obsolete because they lack the encryption-based protections that this bill would mandate. A group in Ferguson's home state has already started a defeat-Ferguson campaign.
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