Hmmm, seems like Apple is sending lawyers out after companies using the word “Podcast.” I wonder if PodTech is next?
Leo Laporte says it’s time for the entire industry to stop using the word “podcast.” I agree. Now that Apple is trying to be onerous about taking ownership here, it’s time to move on.
I’m not sure about Leo’s suggestion of “netcast,” though. I’d like to make a differentiation between different kinds of media. “Audiocast” and “videocast” are better ones in my view. That way I can say to my friends “hey, did you see Ze Frank’s latest videocast?”
What do you think?
UPDATE: Apple actually is going after companies who are infringing on its trademark on the word “pod.”
13 comments? Holy s**t.
Anyway. If the name is going to change, they need to drop the *cast* part too. It implies *push* technology, not *pull*.
*Cast* implies that you need to be there at a certain time or you will miss it.
I vote for *audiofeed*, or *issue*, or *web program* or just about anything else that does not contain *POD* or *CAST*!
Why doesn’t Apple just change it’s name to something new? I suggest iPud.
Why doesn’t Apple just change it’s name to something new? I suggest iPud.
[...] It's no secret that I can't stand Apple… so when they announced last week that they've decided that "all your 'pods' are belong to us", I couldn't decide which term to use. Scoble considered "netcast", but NBC uses that term for the web-broadcast of their TV news programs, so I don't want to confuse the term. Someone on his blog suggested "audiocast" and "videocast", but they didn't quite have the right ring to them. Instead, I decided to steal Larry Hyrb's term "blogcast", as it is an effective play on words that doesn't single out a specific platform or mode of delivery.Our Blogcast will air… well, whenever I feel like it. I'm committing to twice a month, at least while I'm trying to get the hang of all the equipment I just bought. Hopfully I'll be able to get it to once a week before the end of the year. We'll see. As you can see from the link at the top of the site, the Blogcast will have it's own section of the site, but right now it just points back to the home page.Now for the good stuff. You can pay attention now.
I was extremly fortunate to have been able to secure a VERY special guest for our inaugural Blogcast. Tommorrow I'm flying up to Redmond so that Wednesday I can spend a full hour with the very top rung of the Windows ladder… none other than Microsoft P&SD Co-President Jim Allchin. That's right folks, this guy has made it his last mission at Microsoft to get Windows Vista out the door, and I'm stealing him from that mission just before Vista RTMs to pick his brain about a wide range of topics. I'm so incredibly geeked out about this interview, I can't stand it. So, dear readers, if you had one thing you could change about Windows Vista, that was possible to fix before launch, what would that be? Leave your comments on this entry, and I'll take the top five (5) answers, as judged by me, to Jim at the end of my interview. Will they get fixed? Don't count on it, but if anyone can get them done, he can.Pay attention to that last paragraph, because I'll only be looking at things that can be accomplished in the next 15-30 days. And please, don't give me a littany of your Vista gripes… pick ONE actionable item and post it. I want to make sure I can get Jim the fixes that will have the most impact, and I won't be able to do it if I have to read through diatribes on dialog border spacing issues. Save that for Chris' blog 
.And stay tuned… once I get back from Redmond this weekend I'll have a better idea when this darn thing will hit the air. Share this post Published Monday, October 02, 2006 2:42 AM by Robert McLaws Filed under: Blogcast [...]
i’m late to the discussion here… long time reader, first time poster.
just wanted to “third” the suggestion of FEEDCAST. i’ve seen it floating around a handful of places, and i think that’s the term that makes the most sense.
i agree with leo, let’s move on from “podcast.” and as a PC gal, i’m happy to stop giving apple the free marketing!
i’m late to the discussion here… long time reader, first time poster.
just wanted to “third” the suggestion of FEEDCAST. i’ve seen it floating around a handful of places, and i think that’s the term that makes the most sense.
i agree with leo, let’s move on from “podcast.” and as a PC gal, i’m happy to stop giving apple the free marketing!
MS was 1st to Patent Podcast, says NYT.
MS was 1st to Patent Podcast, says NYT.
[...] Taking the legal route and trying to ban everyone and their dog from using the word Pod in other products, and in a different context, is only going to bring guffaws from the sidelines and, eventually, laughs from not only the cheap seats, but up in the expensive boxes around the world’s stage too. I mean, is Apple going to sue NASA when astronauts eject from a spacecraft in their miniature pod? Or how about the hundreds of thousands of farmers who grow peas which, since the beginning of time, appear to grow in a pod? How will they stop people from referring to twins, or people with similar characters as ‘two peas in a pod’? Perhaps those commenting on Robert Scoble’s commentary on the whole thing will convince Apple how wise they would be not to interfer with street language, rather than risk becoming a laughing stock of the Internet world, where they want to remain high and dry, and profitable. [...]
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[...] The two terms I started using this fall for own personal usage are Audiocasts and Videocasts. But it is not my idea, but something Robert Scoble was proposing in September. But in my mind it really makes sense to separate the concept of an audio and video item. [...]
Let’s just call them “casts”.
I listened to the cast on Apple’s litigation processes, have you seen the cast on iPod sweatshop conditions… It will be fine. Because of the popularity of Youtube, video casts might end up being called tubes. Casts and tubes, it’s all fine.
Let’s just call them “casts”.
I listened to the cast on Apple’s litigation processes, have you seen the cast on iPod sweatshop conditions… It will be fine. Because of the popularity of Youtube, video casts might end up being called tubes. Casts and tubes, it’s all fine.
This should have been prevented if people were only conscious about copyrights and intellectual rights property. But in fairness to other companies, I think Apple should be a little considerate and investigate more prior to submitting a case or complaint. Because the more that we run after anyone in order to pull them down so we can rise above, the more that we will sink.
This should have been prevented if people were only conscious about copyrights and intellectual rights property. But in fairness to other companies, I think Apple should be a little considerate and investigate more prior to submitting a case or complaint. Because the more that we run after anyone in order to pull them down so we can rise above, the more that we will sink.
[...] using the term “netcast” to refer to all of the shows on the TWiT Netcast Network. Robert Scoble suggests using the terms “audiocast” and “videocast” [...]
Suing bloggers is just ridiculous. What is Apple going to start doing, suing people for speaking about their products in public too? That’s essentially what a blog is. Not only is it a gross violation of 1st Amendment rights to sue bloggers, it also makes me think that they’re covering something up. Why not let people talk about their products? If they’re built well they’ll stand up to commentary. Perhaps in a year when they’ve had widespread MacBook Seagate HDD issues, tried to sue bloggers, and released Leopard with many bugs before it was ready they fell it necessary to attack their customers. Still, in general, any publicity is good publicity. As one blogger said on another site “I still love Apple even when they’re suing us,” or something of that nature. As dumb as I think it is to protect a company that violates your 1st amendment rights, we have to remember that in the end Winston loved Big Brother. Anyway, when consumers talk about Apple products it is good for other consumer. Consumers should demand their rights to talk about companies that they buy products from so they can hold those companies accountable when they release crap and over charge for it. This should be a basic consumer right. It drives me nuts that 90% of people can just switch to Linux at this point anyway, but we continue to put up with Apple’s iFascist tactics. Oh, I better say in my opinion in case they try to violate my rights. Anyway, if you’re podcasting you should be able to say podcast. In general you should be able to say it in any way shape or form. If Apple has advertised it it is probably part of public culture anyway. How can you release terminology publicly and then sue for people doing free advertising for you, etc.
What a bunch of assholes.
Suing bloggers is just ridiculous. What is Apple going to start doing, suing people for speaking about their products in public too? That’s essentially what a blog is. Not only is it a gross violation of 1st Amendment rights to sue bloggers, it also makes me think that they’re covering something up. Why not let people talk about their products? If they’re built well they’ll stand up to commentary. Perhaps in a year when they’ve had widespread MacBook Seagate HDD issues, tried to sue bloggers, and released Leopard with many bugs before it was ready they fell it necessary to attack their customers. Still, in general, any publicity is good publicity. As one blogger said on another site “I still love Apple even when they’re suing us,” or something of that nature. As dumb as I think it is to protect a company that violates your 1st amendment rights, we have to remember that in the end Winston loved Big Brother. Anyway, when consumers talk about Apple products it is good for other consumer. Consumers should demand their rights to talk about companies that they buy products from so they can hold those companies accountable when they release crap and over charge for it. This should be a basic consumer right. It drives me nuts that 90% of people can just switch to Linux at this point anyway, but we continue to put up with Apple’s iFascist tactics. Oh, I better say in my opinion in case they try to violate my rights. Anyway, if you’re podcasting you should be able to say podcast. In general you should be able to say it in any way shape or form. If Apple has advertised it it is probably part of public culture anyway. How can you release terminology publicly and then sue for people doing free advertising for you, etc.
What a bunch of assholes.