The device of concern is the Pioneer Inno (also sold as Samsung Helix). The device allows one to record more than just the current broadcast until the tags change, rather you can record a song, a channel for as long as you want, or you can schedule a recording to start at a particular time and end at a particular time. You can record the music channels or talk. You can hook the Inno up to your computer to manage the recordings (delete commercials, songs, etc.) and it is done inside the XM+Napster software. If I want to own a song or download a track to my computer, the XM-approved method is to click on the song and buy it from Napster (hence the integration). I use my Inno's recording feature mostly to record Opie and Anthony, an XM original talk program that RIAA has nothing to do with. Yet those bastards in RIAA put the whole industry sector at risk with this nuisance lawsuit. XM paid their licensing fees to have the right to broadcast RIAA content. They pay dearly. Napster paid their licensing fees to sell RIAA content. What RIAA is suing for is not the problem of recording in and of itself, it's the fact that once it is recorded, you have the track on your player for as long as you have an XM account. They want XM to pay the same license that Napster and iTunes pay to sell the music, arguing that they are in essence selling the music to the users, yet that is not the case and that is why they partnered with Napster. The recording is temporary and not easily transferred to another device (you can use the line out to a PC or something, but you can do that with an iPod too) which should be covered under fair use. XM is duly licensed to broadcast, Napster is licensed to sell. RIAA is just bitter that they couldn't see the future of digital music until it was way, way too late. Ultimately, the problem is two-fold: One, these tech-based lawsuits are being decided by judges wearing Depends and looking forward to just a couple more years to a government pension. They are completely out of touch with the technology and how it is used. And two, RIAA is greed incarnate and want to blame digital music on the fall of the music industry instead of owning up to the fact that all they produce anymore is pure shit and that is why CD's don't sell.