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# RIAA Admits Stream Ripping Is Not A Problem
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/riaa-admits-str/
- Published: 2007-07-20T11:36:00.000Z
- Updated: 2007-07-20T11:36:00.000Z
- Description: Forcing net music stations to stop mp3 broadcasts and implement systems that would stop "stream ripping" (aka pulling songs off a net radio stream) has been a recent SoundExchange demand. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2007/07/riaa-admits-str.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Streaming, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:06

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Forcing net music stations to stop mp3 broadcasts and implement systems that would stop "stream ripping" (aka pulling songs off a net radio stream) has been a recent SoundExchange demand in negotiations with net broadcasters.

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The Digital Freedom Campaign today pointed out that the RIAA’s own SVP of Government Relations, Mitch Glazier was not necessarily a problem. Asked by Technology Daily whether stream-ripping was even a problem, he stated, "…why wait until it is a big problem to start addressing it? There are available technologies in the marketplace to address this issue."

Most broadcasters believe that stream-ripping is not relevant to the Internet royalty rate discussion and was not even mentioned in the original CRB ruling. "It is a costly solution without even a hint of a problem," said a Digital Freedom Campaign spokesperson.