Another term for Podcast
Did you see the post on Leo Laporte's blog about Apple claiming that the term "Podcast Ready" infringes their iPod trademark ? Apple is claiming ownership of the word podcast. Did Apple coin the phrase podcast ? The only "POD" that you need when listening to a podcast is your computer. You do not need an mp3 player or an iPOD to listen to a PODCAST.
If Apple is going to restrict the the use of the term Podcast, my recommendation would be to change the name. Call it a CAST or a netcast or an audiocast. Ken Rutkowski from kenradio.com has been saying this for over a year. He does not like the PODCAST reference as he has been delivering streamed audio content since the mid 90's, long before there were any iPOD's or podcasts.
Here is another thought, if we call it a CAST, then it would be easy to reference your individual CAST's with your identify like TWITcast or KENRADIOcast. I am currently working on my first CAST and I when I deliver it I will call it the KEVINcast.
Here is a link to Leo's blog post ... http://www.twit.tv/2006/09/22/a_cast_by_any_other_name
Check it out and feel free to comment here or on Leo's Blog.
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