The Podjacker Threat

Posted by Zonk on Friday December 9, 2005 @05:23AM from the save-the-children dept.

Schlemphfer writes "As everyone knows by now, podcasting has taken off in a big way. But over the past week, several tech journals and The Daily Source Code have reported on the threat of 'podjacking,' the creation of an alternate RSS feed without the consent of the podcast's owner. I'm the host of a podcast, which has the dubious distinction of being the first widely-publicized victim of a podjacking. To teach others from my experiences I have posted an article entitled Preventing and Surviving a Podjacking (also available in PDF). So far this story has attracted widespread but generally inept media and blogger coverage. This article sets the record straight on what really happened, and shows the simple steps every podcaster should take to protect their shows from podjacking."

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Re:Slashdot overrun by old fogies by mzwaterski · 2005-12-09 06:15 · Score: 5, Informative

You need to re-read.
1st dude told 2nd dude to stop directing traffic through their URL to 1st dude's site. (Pretty sure it was more of a redirect than a mirror of an RSS file).
2nd dude complied.
1st dude realized that iTunes had used 2nd dude's URL for 1st dude's listing.
1st dude is sad because all iTunes people who signed up with 2nd dude's URL are lost.
1st dude tells 2nd dude to put URL directing traffic to 1st dude's podcast backup. 2nd dude decides to capitalize and ask for money.
1st dude not happy.