L.A. Times: Pirates hit Howard Stern show

[raccoonradio]

Mentioned before, but of interest:

http://www.calendarlive.com/tv/cl-fi-free2feb02,0,2334593.story?coll=cl-tv-features

"Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., which liberated radio shock jock Howard Stern from the federal decency standards that he felt had shackled him, is finding that freedom's just another word for $500 million to lose. Since Jan. 9, when Stern debuted on Sirius, pirated versions of the shows have been made available for free via several online file-sharing networks just hours after Stern signs off."

Ironic:
"A few weeks ago, when the first pirate radio stations began rebroadcasting Stern's show on unclaimed radio frequencies in New York and New Jersey, Sirius immediately notified the enforcement bureau of the Federal Communications Commission — the very body against which Stern has so frequently railed."<P ID="signature">______________

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[radio-ninja]

That's such a BS angle to make Stern look bad.

Everyone agrees the FCC should administer the airwaves and regulate frequency space.

It's when the FCC meddles into indecency and censorship of content, that's when people get pissed.

 

[dampier]

> "Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., which liberated radio shock
> jock Howard Stern from the federal decency standards that he
> felt had shackled him, is finding that freedom's just
> another word for $500 million to lose. Since Jan. 9, when
> Stern debuted on Sirius, pirated versions of the shows have
> been made available for free via several online file-sharing
> networks just hours after Stern signs off."

Sirius can whine about this all they like but there isn't a thing they can really do to stop it, particularly the newsgroup distribution which is probably the seed location for most P-2-P networks which then distribute those copies.