Podcasting Law

Is PodShow Still Hijacking Podcasts?

Jul 9th, 2006 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Podcasting Law

Some podcasters are concerned that PodShow’s updated site may still be “hijacking” podcaster’s feeds.In a post to the Podcasting News forum, David Shapiro (of the Next Big Hit) writes that “Popular non podshow podcasts have rewritten feed links for WMP, Winamp and Realplayer.” “We never asked for these feeds to be created for Next Big […]



PodShow Updates Site to Eliminate Podcast Hijacking; It Was a Silly Mistake, Says Adam Curry

Jul 8th, 2006 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Podcasting Law, Strange

PodShow, which has come under heated criticism because the updated PodShow site hijacked podcasters feeds, has quickly updated their site to fix the problem.Instead of linking to podcasters’ original podcast feeds, PodShow was rewriting feeds, removing podcasters’ copyright notices and republishing them under PodShow URLs. PodShow was quick to respond to the firestorm that erupted […]



Is PodShow Hijacking Podcasts?

Jul 7th, 2006 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Podcasting Law

Some podcasters are “pissed” at PodShow, a podcast portal founded by podcasting pioneer Adam Curry. The site appears to be republishing podcaster’s podcast feeds, with changes, under PodShow URLs.”What was Podshow thinking?” asks Geek News Central’s Todd Cochrane. “Podshow has hijacked every listed podcasters RSS Feed, stripped out data and inserted their own info.” The […]



Singapore Opposition Party to Fight Ban on Podcasting

May 26th, 2006 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Citizen Media, Podcasting Law

Defeated Singapore Democratic Party candidate Ms Chee Siok Chin has filed a summons in the High Court asking it to declare the results of the 2006 General Election null and void. She also wants the High Court to declare the ban on podcasting during the general election as unconstitutional. “The banning of podcasting and blogging […]



Does the Latest RIAA Lawsuit Break Earlier Agreements?

May 18th, 2006 | By | Category: Digital Music, Podcasting Law

The Home Recording Rights Coalition (HRRC) is charging the recording industry with breaking earlier agreements with consumers, congress and courts. The RIAA is suing US satellite radio firm XM over the Inno, a device that lets users record satellite radio broadcasts to be listened to at a later time. According to the HRRC, “the recording […]