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CUJOXXL
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 Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 2:14 am Post subject: U.K. OKs Ipod Transmitters....... |
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Britain OKs Radio Transmitters for iPods
By RAPHAEL G. SATTER, Associated Press Writer
Wed Nov 29, 3:21 PM
LONDON - Britain is legalizing the small wireless transmitters commonly used to play music from iPods over car radios.
Devices such as the finger-length iTrip have been banned in Britain because they are considered radio stations under the country's 1949 Wireless Telegraphy Act.
That means a user must have the right to transmit over an FM frequency and pay royalties for any tunes played on the music players, said Steve Hawkins, a managing director at A.M. Micro Distribution Ltd., which sells the iTrips.
Amendments to the Wireless Telegraphy Act, effective Dec. 8, will allow Britons to use the devices without a broadcast license.
ITrip, made by Griffin Technology for Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod devices, is one of a number of devices meant to allow owners of music players to listen to tunes on their radios.
Legal in the United States, the devices transmit signals over a short range, so they usually don't interfere with high-power commercial broadcasts. Britain joins Germany and Switzerland in legalizing the devices, but most other European countries still ban them, Hawkins said. |
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| I think this is a good decision, as I can't see any harm in letting people use it. Although, many people didn't even know it was illegal in the first place and I doubt police would have reacted if they had seen someone use one of the devices. |
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