[BC] Digital Radio Express

[Douglas B. Pritchett]

My thoughts interlaced...

At 08:47 AM 5/6/2005 -0400, Ernie Belanger wrote:

>iBiquity and HD Radio are registered trade marks of iBiquity Digital 
>Corporation.  If one uses their names in a posting that is less than 
>complimentary then one potentially has opened themselves up to a legal problem.

Being cautious is a concern. However, if I have a criticism and offer an 
opinion, I'm going to voice it. The first amendment is still in force. The 
problem comes if I offer a statement that can not be proven or is offered 
in what one might consider a malicious manner. Recently Consumer Reports 
won a case where Sharper Image had sued claiming that a critical CR report 
on their Ionic Breeze air purifier was false and damaged their business. 
The court ruled that Consumer Reports was expressing an opinion.


>Believe me they have and do spend millions on lawyers and I know of at 
>least two folks there who lurk on the lists, all lists.
>
>So rather than risk a problem of improper use of trade marked names, 
>perhaps everyone on the list should agree to use Iradio or Hradio to avoid 
>confusion and the generic IBOC when they mean the generic IBOC.

That's a double-edged sword. Is all OK if everyone is talking nice about a 
product, but when someone says something less than complimentary, then they 
get sued?  And lawyers, I got 'em, too.



>A thought
>Ernie
>
>For the record, I understand FMeXtra works with the DRM as well.
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Bowman" <craig1 at shianet.org>
>To: "Broadcast Radio Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 8:13 AM
>Subject: Re: [BC] Digital Radio Express
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>>Is it possible we are confusing IBOC with Ibiquity?
>>
>>Craig Bowman
>>
>>
>>Ernie Belanger wrote:
>>
>>>Barry is  right DRE is not IBOC because it rides on the analog carrier. 
>>>The technology will migrate with a station when and if  opts to go IBOC 
>>>because the two technologies are compatible with each other. So it can 
>>>stand alone today and be a nice compliment to IBOC later.
>>>
>>>You can place a second or third stereo station in digital on your main 
>>>carrier using DRE's FMeXtra or several mono services. The other plus for 
>>>the receiver MFGers is that it is a code load Vs a total redesign which 
>>>requires chipsets to be bought.
>>>
>>>Ernie
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Mishkind" <barry at oldradio.com>
>>>
>>>
>>>>DRE isn't IBOC ... it is a digital carrier on an analog signal. It 
>>>>should be easy to address receivers, if they are built that way.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>"Conscience is but a word that cowards use,
>>devised at first to keep strong men in awe."
>>
>>William Shakespeare
>>
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