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Dave Winer
Concerned there hasn't been more tech press coverage of the podcast patent. http://www.scripting.com/stories...
if patents are so important, why wasn't one applied for? - Steve Gillmor
How would this impact the current podcasting world? Would they sue every podcast publisher out there? - Fajar Nurdiansyah
Dave I am as well, it has been nagging at me all day long. If someone had tried to pull this crap in 2005-6 then all hell would have broken loose. Now everyone is cowering in the corner. - Todd Cochrane
no one is cowering, they are just not interested in the story. podcasting is a little bit passée now to them - Mark
Appears that way to me. - Todd Cochrane
I mean the big boys, certainly one of the biggest is TechCrunch. They don't exactly cower on stories :p They just are not that bothered about it, to come up with one of Those Biting And Controversial Headlines They Write. - Mark
Having said that, I think some of the quality journals might have something to say in their Tech section today - Mark
From what I have read, it appears to be a patent on a platform for delivering podcasting in such a way that the advertising in it could be updated independently to the content. You may deliver a show with an ad, but a year later, that ad may be obsolete or incorrect. The press release appears to focus on the technology of inserting that new advertising material into the shows. So,... more... - Johnny Worthington
Thanks Johnny I was waiting on a someone like yourself to splain it to me (time bankrupt when it comes to legal paper reading) - Mark Essel from iPhone
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