HEATHER NEWMAN: Saving on-air music may end: "The PERFORM bill would force broadcasters to include a flag in their digital transmissions -- HD radio, satellite radio, Internet radio -- that would make them impossible to record for rebroadcast later. read more... »
Digital radio broadcast flag gets snubbed by FCC: There's good news coming out of the FCC for radio fans; news that's sorely needed after two bits of negative news this past week. The FCC has published its rules for Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB), and the big news is what's not in the rules: the broadcast flag.
The FCC made a number of important decisions with regards to DAB, but none of them touched the sensitive issue of requiring encryption and end-user control schemes for digital radio. The FCC's silence on the matter means that should the RIAA still wish to chase after the broadcast flag for digital radio, they'll need to lobby Congress to get it. read more... »