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  • Topic: Hey Podcasters, Look At This!

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    • February 5, 2013 5:46 PM CST
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      If you want to know how insane patent trolls are, read about this company claiming they have rights to all *podcasts*

      Pretty whacked-out. hm? First Youtube, then Spotify, now this. Wonder when they'll get tired of this harassment?

    • February 13, 2013 4:05 AM CST
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      Always has to be someone claiming rights to something. 

    • February 9, 2013 2:34 PM CST
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      What next, licensing from Ofcom? The FCc raiding Kopper's studio because he has no licence to put out a show?
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    • February 9, 2013 2:32 PM CST
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      It looks like a hoax, but I saw the patents and it really could ruin our enjoyment of free media. It gets more absurd. I know patents protect workers rights, as does copyright, but could this be a means to close down podcasting by making you pay for what you receive free. I suspect that when people are forced to pay subscription fees , people'll tune out and this will lead to fewer podcasts around due to lack of demand. What'll fill the void? https://www.eff.org/sites/default/files/us8112504.pdf
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    • February 5, 2013 7:26 PM CST
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      Wow, what a joke. They're basically saying they have the patent to not only podcasts, but RSS, since that's the delivery "apparatus" for podcasting, and if they say that, then it basically includes ANY blog in existence that has ever posted a video or audio file, or any sort of "media"... so you're talking about not only those folks who call themselves podcasters, but everyone else with a blog, too. It's not just insane, it's preposterous. And it'll never go anywhere because it's just too vague.

      Now, excuse me while I go draw up a patent for websites.

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