Comments on: PodShow And Copyright, I’m Non-Plussed

By: Podcasting News » Is PodShow Hijacking Podcasts?

Podcasting News » Is PodShow Hijacking Podcasts? — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 02:53:36 +0000

[...] “That is not an innocent mistake,” said podcast pioneer Michael Geoghegan, (Reel Reviews, Disney). “Someone had to plan which RSS channel elements to pull and which to ignore. The cast and crew at PodShow have been around long enough and, frankly, dealt with the issues of RSS feeds enough times to know better.” [...]

By: RecordPodcasts.com » “Podshow Did Not Make an Innocent Mistake…”

Sat, 29 Jul 2006 18:03:31 +0000

[...] Podshow is re-writing peoples RSS feeds…shame on them. read more | digg story [...]

By: Dead2.0 » PodShow relaunches, Earth stops turning

Dead2.0 » PodShow relaunches, Earth stops turning — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 18:18:30 +0000

[...] When they relaunched, they added the ability to pick up other sites’ RSS feeds, but apparently added in a feature by which they effectively claimed them as their own. For a whole 3 days this was big news in lots of places, it inspired a cartoon, but then in just-as-blogworthy fashion, they fixed it with big news and coverage. [...]

By: David Shapiro

David Shapiro — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 22:51:58 +0000

They did more than just jack XML feeds.

http://www.podcastingnews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6270#6270

Thanks for your support.

David Shapiro
Next Big Hit

By: Digital Podcast : New Podshow Directory - Thumbs Down

Digital Podcast : New Podshow Directory - Thumbs Down — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 15:55:25 +0000

[...] I took a look at the new Podshow.com directory this morning after reading through a bunch of blog posts(here, here and here for example) about their “hijacking” of podcast feeds. That problem has apparently been fixed, with the usual controversy that surround most Podshow things - (maybe it’s part of the Podshow promotion standard operating procedures for generating links to the site) With that mess out of the way - I a look at the site, which also seems to be a bit of a mess. I found the pages way too complicated and confusing. There is too much going on for me to know what to do next. Every page I go to seems to be overloaded with information and links. [...]

By: Jake Shapiro » links for 2006-07-08

Jake Shapiro » links for 2006-07-08 — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 09:18:02 +0000

[...] PodShow And Copyright, I’m Non-Plussed at MWGblog The perils of podcast publishing (tags: prxteam ddcgroup podcast) [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 03:20:15 +0000

Sadly, this part of the story doesn’t get told as much. I guess everyone loves drama, even in the blogosphere.

By: TPN :: Podcasting APB » Blog Archive » Podshow’s new directory causes much angst

Sat, 08 Jul 2006 00:17:16 +0000

[...] Many people have been criticizing Podshow’s new directory over the last 24 hours, mostly when it was discovered that Podshow had commandeered everyone’s RSS feeds and replaced them with their own, but it looks like Podshow has already begun to fix some of the the problems. Read more on Michael Geoghegan’s blog. [...]

By: Jimmy CraicHead

Jimmy CraicHead — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 21:20:30 +0000

Michael and Todd, I’m so glad there are podcast geeks who spread the truth like this Podshow RSS fiasco, the Podcast contract, wikipedia etc. Thanks for the books and keeping small vidcasters like myself up to speed with the techy/politics.

By: Podshow Plus Launches, Inspired by MySpace Music - Mashable*

Podshow Plus Launches, Inspired by MySpace Music - Mashable* — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 18:29:40 +0000

[...] Podshow Plus is certainly a step in the right direction, but it’s currently raising some eyebrows over its controversial approach to RSS feeds - this is an issue that needs addressing urgently to keep the podcasters on side. [...]

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 15:57:18 +0000

They also mangle the enclosures on the wrong posts for those of us who still use the default Wordpress feed as our podcast feed. I’ll have to change to a dedicated podcast feed to avoid such issues, but these indexes will continue to exist. After all the time and money spent on this, I find the effort to be not a step forward and share your concerns with the choices made in filtering our RSS feeds.

By: FuzzyBlog » Blog Archive » Andrew (Podshow) Speaks

FuzzyBlog » Blog Archive » Andrew (Podshow) Speaks — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 14:39:54 +0000

[...] Related: Dave, GeekNewsCentral, CronCast, Michael, Paul. [...]

By: We Are The Media : Podshow Is Scraping Your Feed To Make Cash on Your Media

We Are The Media : Podshow Is Scraping Your Feed To Make Cash on Your Media — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 08:40:38 +0000

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By: Doug Dobbins

Doug Dobbins — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 08:28:33 +0000

Like Todd, I’m not happy that they’re rewriting the feeds for shows I produced or manage like Spokane Public Radio’s Movies 101, Alternative Source (Frank Sennett), etc.

I notice on Podshow’s guide pages for the shows they are redoing the RSS feeds are called “The Unofficial Guide” eg. The Unofficial Guide to Movies 101. While that might be used as an out by them that they are not claiming the shows to theirs, they are giving out their own version of the RSS feeds from podshows servers to the users.

Removing copyright notice is not something that should be taken lightly and something that should have been tested by Podshow before this system was released. Apple does not remove any copyright statements of any the shows I have listed in iTunes.

Michael hits the nail on the head, “That is not an innocent mistake.”

By: FuzzyBlog » Blog Archive » In Defense of Podshow — This Might Just Be a Bug

Fri, 07 Jul 2006 08:27:27 +0000

[...] Whoa big fellas, Dave, GeekNewsCentral, CronCast, Michael, Paul and others, lets not assume that Podshow “hijacked” your feeds. Don’t get me wrong I don’t agree with what Podshow did. I can understand some of it though, a podcast directory, by its nature, should have feeds. And, perhaps, there was a reason either technically or from the perspective of url consistency for rehosting a user’s feeds. What is wrong, however, is the replacing of the copyright element. Here’s an example of Dave’s podcast on Podshow versus Dave’s podcast on its original domain. [...]