Re: [microsound] podcasting site?

["nathan c. dickerson" <ndickerson@xxxxxxxxx>]

Look at the format of a podcast RSS feed and you will find the following tags:

<itunes:explicit></itunes:explicit>
<itunes:author></itunes:author>
<itunes:summary></itunes:summary>

This technology existed before itunes. There is no reason to name tags
this way in any kind of open standard.

Apple created a stylized version of a product that already existed;
Understood the trend of content syndication, exploited it, and
produced a defacto standard, which they now control.

Even the RSS community has a problem with this -- Apple didn't even
consult the RSS community about format standards.

Upon hearing 'podcast', 'ipod' immediatly comes to mind. This is wrong
for any kind of open standard -- this is associative trademark
branding!

This is Apples game -- Apple's habits of branding in public spaces
(renting/buying ALL the advertising space in transportation hubs such
as subways and public transit systems) and virtual spaces is
unethical.

Are there really only a few people here who see a problem with this?

On 7/20/05, Guillaume Grenier <grenier.g@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 20/07/05 10:08, { brad brace } said in living color:
> 
> > wouldn't simple downloads of mp3s(or oggs) be more
> > egalitarian than becoming dependent on proprietary ipod
> > hard/software?
> 
> There's nothing proprietary in podcasts.
> 
> It's just a RSS 2.0 feed (using an XML file) with a MP3 enclosure.
> 
> As for aggregators (the software that checks and downloads new content),
> there are a shitload of them: some free/some not free (in the $ sense), some
> developed by companies/developed by a community/developed by just one guy,
> some open-source/some closed, etc. Just choose whatever works best for you.
> 
> Actually, the only proprietary aspect of the whole thing is the MP3. And of
> course, you're not obligated to use this format -- you could use an Ogg file
> or whatever else audio format you see fit to use.
> 
> You can then listen to these "podcasts" on whichever device you want.
> 
> g.
> 
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> Guillaume Grenier - grenier.g@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
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> 
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