XM Radio, RIAA Not Happy About Recording Software

Time Trax is a $29.95 software application from NeroSoft for users of the computer-based XM PCR XM Satellite receiver which plugs into a PC's USB port. According to the NeroSoft website: "Using TimeTrax, you can now record directly from your XM PCR radio onto your PC's hard drive in WAV or MP3 format. Using TimeTrax's 10-event scheduler, you can time shift programming." Well, both XM Radio and the RIAA are a little leery of this "Tivo-like" software becasue as USA Today reported, "The RIAA and XM are both busy figuring out if any copyright laws and user agreements have been broken."
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8/31/04 - UPDATE - Znet.com is reporting: "Before being quietly discontinued this month, the XM PCR was one of several hardware devices sold by XM Satellite Radio to give its more than 2 million subscribers satellite radio reception. In conjunction with a third-party software title called TimeTrax, however, the PCR let listeners download songs to their personal computers...Since XM discontinued the PCR, units have fetched steep premiums on eBay." Full Story