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September 2006

33 posts

Off to Podcast Expo

Ok folks I am off to Podcast Expo hope that all in attendance will visit the RawVoice booth #413 on the show floor. Just look for the Blubrry Muffins. [www.podcastexpo.com]

Podshow gets tough on Blubrry Listed Podcasters!

We have received two request from podcasters that are contracted aka "Owned" by Podshow to have their listing removed off Blubrry.com. Podshow has told them that they cannot be listed on our site as they have classified us as a competitor. This is a pretty amazing admission by Podshow podcasters. RawVoice the owners of Blubrry.com have always prided ourselves in

Take Action Now to Stop Overreaching Trademark Claims

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has taken notice of Apple's recent actions along with giving notice of a bill that is before congress that could make trademark lawyers smile with envy. This is a very bad bill that will open the flood gates of litigation and give companies the right to sue on trademark infringement for the most minor similarity in

Can Apple be anymore ridiculous than the are now?

Some people are wondering how far apple will go in trying to ban companies from using the word "Pod" that they don't even have a trademark for. They do hold the tradermark for "iPod" but the ramifications of there actions are causing some to contemplate whats next. [digitalflotsam]

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iTunes U, Universities only want to use it if they can use DRM

The following Quote blew me away read the full article for the surprise of the week. “The #1 request, though, completely floored me: DRM. In fact, it is so in-demand that it has apparently been the deal-breaker for the majority of universities that had been approached about iTunes U and refused.” [Digg]

Podcast with Om Malik and Robert Scoble (Michael Arrington/TechCrunch)

Podcast with Om Malik and Robert Scoble  —  This was a joint effort, with Om Malik, Robert Scoble and Michael Arrington talking for an hour on a range of topics, from the startups we're most excited about to the state of VOIP to the upcoming Yahoo Hack Day.

Russell Shaw digs into Apple History

Russell Shaw digs into Apple's history with the USPTO on trademark applicaitons for iPod and (gulp) iPodcast. This may explain why they're being so aggressive.

Jason Calacanis says either fight or submit to Apple on Podcasting

I went to the mailbox today wondering if I was going to get a cease and desist letter from the folks at Apple, my month has been pretty bad it would have just added a little more fuel to the fire. I have been playing through my head what the first course of action would be. Well there was nothing

Apple Hits Podcast Ready with Cease and Desist!

If I typed the words that are racing through my head at this moment this blog would not be fit to read. I am in a pretty feisty mode as it is, but to hear that Apple slapped a cease and desist order on Podcast Ready has my blood boiling. It is very rare that I get in the mood

Zero Day Emergency Response Team

Being Microsoft has been extremely reckless and slow to respond a very dangerous exploit in the wild a team known at the "Zero Day Emergency Response Team" has reverse engineered the bug and has released a patch, while Microsoft is stuck in the mud. The question I have is if a group of people can release a patch that fixes

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