Does FM radio copy protection exist?

RJDG14 · 07-26-2015, 10:36 AM

Thought this might come into the media category since if so it would relate to the recording industry and contractual obligations. When recording from my various radios into my computer or directly onto cassette, I've never lost any noticeable sound quality from what was there in the first place. For some reason, though, my MP3 player has an FM radio (a SanDisk Sansa Clip+), and if in a slightly below average reception area, I hear this annoying ticking/clapping sort of noise in the background when recording, along with the station being more prone to other noise forms.

If in a good reception area, not much loss seems to happen, and the ticking also happens if browsing an empty bit of the spectrum, so I very much doubt this is a form of analog copy protection, but do you know why my player looses some signal while recording? Was it likely to deter selling of recordings, or simply due to the power usage?

In relation to deterring the selling of recordings on the radio, are stations required to dub over the first/late few seconds of a song, or is this just something that they all do in order to fit more in? The same goes for if a music channel must display logos on videos.

07-26-2015, 10:36 AM	#1 (permalink)
RJDG14 Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 157	Does FM radio copy protection exist? Thought this might come into the media category since if so it would relate to the recording industry and contractual obligations. When recording from my various radios into my computer or directly onto cassette, I've never lost any noticeable sound quality from what was there in the first place. For some reason, though, my MP3 player has an FM radio (a SanDisk Sansa Clip+), and if in a slightly below average reception area, I hear this annoying ticking/clapping sort of noise in the background when recording, along with the station being more prone to other noise forms. If in a good reception area, not much loss seems to happen, and the ticking also happens if browsing an empty bit of the spectrum, so I very much doubt this is a form of analog copy protection, but do you know why my player looses some signal while recording? Was it likely to deter selling of recordings, or simply due to the power usage? In relation to deterring the selling of recordings on the radio, are stations required to dub over the first/late few seconds of a song, or is this just something that they all do in order to fit more in? The same goes for if a music channel must display logos on videos.