I don't listen to Howard Stern much anymore; I don't have a commute to work. He saved my life on my 72 mile ride from Marin County to San Jose (1994-2000) making me laugh to ignore the awful traffic. Well, that's a story for another day. Today, I listened as I had a short ride to "work" this morning. I didn't realize he was leaving his NY radio station for satellite radio in a matter of weeks. He's already saying goodbye and dreaming of all the cursing he can spew forth in his new satellite home.

Anyway, I wonder how many people will grab his live broadcasts and convert them to MP3 files and put them on their Websites? Countless, I'd say. Will "The King of All Media" need some sort of DRM to protect his new show, or maybe he doesn't care about reusage; the real value is listening live. As someone who does not see the value in satellite radio, I doubt I'll have trouble finding his show on the Web.