RIAA sues XM Satellite Radio

The Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA) sued XM Satellite Radio on Tueday alleging its Inno device(an iPod like device) that can store music infringes on copyrights.

The suit accuses XM Satellite of “massive wholesale infringement,” and seeks $150,000 in damages for every song copied by XM customers using the devices, which went on sale earlier this month. XM, with more than 6.5 million subscribers, said it plays 160,000 different songs every month.

XM said the Inno, which is manufactured by Pioneer Corp., are legal devices that allow consumers to listen to and record radio just as the law has allowed for decades.

XM said it will vigorously defend this lawsuit on behalf of consumers and also called the lawsuit a bargaining tactic.

It was only a matter of time before the RIAA tried to get their greedy hands in the pockets of Satellite radio.

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