ZDnet writer Preston Gralla offers links to several possibilities, but in my opinion, his best bet just might be Super MP3 Recorder, which “can save any audio stream coming into your sound card. It automatically chooses the best recording options, and then saves the stream as an MP3 or WAV file. This download records streaming audio in many formats, including Windows Media Player, QuickTime, RealPlayer, and Flash.”
The TeleRead take: This is the kind of technology that sends shivers down the spines of the RIAA members. I love it. RIAA and friends are working contain such magic, and I’m most grouchy. Um, we’re in time shift territory–fair use and all that. Even content-providers, in fact especially content providers, can find uses for such tools. What if you’re a financial radio show host and want your programs to go on the Web? No hypothetical situation. I designed a Web site for a financial advisor, and thanks to TotalRecorder, his radio station’s Web audio could be saved and up at his own site within an hour or so of the original broadcast.
In a book context, the implications are obvious. Whatever could be displayed on a screen could in theory be picked up. Oh, the fun of Draconian copyright law. Time for a more realistic library model?
