

Record companies shouldn't be afraid of RadioActive, he said, as listening to streaming audio, which is both nontransferable - so far - and generally much lower quality than Napster's MP3 files, will drive high-quality CD sales. Save all the title, artist, album, release year and THE SONG ITSELF to your computer for later enjoyment.
#STREAMING RADIO RIPPER SOFTWARE#
Putnam said The Audio Mill is talking to broadcasters and record labels about accessing their sites and music. The name tells it all Internet Radio Ripper is a useful software that can download streaming songs from Internet radio stations. And NetRadio's chief technology officer, Rick Haley, said they didn't object to stream-ripping, as long as it was OK with the recording industry. If it drives more traffic to his site, it's a good thing, he said. Mike Wise, chief financial officer of NetRadio, was more relaxed about RadioActive's search function. However, like traditional (and legally protected) home.

Regarding the stream-ripping function, "we can break those sites so that they can't use our site," he said. Given this facility, one interesting application of Minidisc is recording Internet Radio Stations. … We would probably contact them and ask them to stop," he said.

John Jeffrey, executive vice president of Live365, which broadcasts about 30,000 virtual radio stations, was downright hostile. Making copies of regular radio broadcasts is legal, but it's not clear whether it's legal to record off streaming radio sites, said copyright law expert and Vanderbilt University law professor Steven Hetcher.īroadcasters had mixed responses to RadioActive Tuner.
#STREAMING RADIO RIPPER FREE#
It can even be set to record, say, all the U2 or Jennifer Lopez songs that it hears, unattended, so a user can play them back later. SoundTap Streaming Audio Recorder Free v.5.01. "What we're doing is facilitating the music discovery process," said said Bill Putnam Jr., CEO of The Audio Mill.īut the program's most controversial feature is that it acts as a virtual tape deck, recording 'Net radio files that can be played back at any time. This free software has excellent audio format support and can encode to WAV, MP3, WMA, OGG, AU, VOX, and AIFF. Whether you're listening to a streaming music service or watching a video, you can capture the audio that is played through your sound card. Users can choose their favorite artists and get directed to the radio stations most likely to play those artists. Aktiv MP3 Recorder is an excellent program for recording audio from various sound sources. The Audio Mill's RadioActive Tuner, due to be released in a beta test version this week, scours Net radio sites and picks out the data identifying artists and song titles. Ma- A new company wants to make Internet radio easier to use but may be headed for a Napster-style legal battle.
