Satellite Broadcaster Takes Stern Measures, Siriusly

Fans are turning Howard Stern's radio show into free, unauthorized podcasts on the Internet. Sirius Satellite Radio, which signed Stern for $500 million for five years, is taking aggressive legal action to stop what they see as pirated broadcasts. They have also (and this is pretty amusing, given that it's Howard Stern that we're talking about) alerted the Federal Communications Commission to this growing practice. Is this the beginning of a trend where satellite radio programming meant only for paid subscribers is put onto the Internet for everyone for free? And will the FCC lift even a bureaucratic little finger to help out Howard Stern, or at least his corporate bosses?