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Apple Goes After the Term 'Podcast'
Udo Schmitz writes "Earlier this year, Apple went up against companies using the word 'pod' in their product names. Now, Apple is going after the term 'podcasting'. Wired has the complete text of Apple's cease-and-desist letter to Podcast Ready." From the article: "Robert Scoble -- whose own company, PodTech, may be at risk in this witch hunt -- has weighed in on the issue by suggesting that the tech community as a whole adopt other terms like "audiocast" and 'videocast' (or alternately, 'audcast' and 'vidcast') to describe this type of content, while other folks feel that fighting Apple and generating a ton of negative press for Cupertino is the best solution. Our take? Apple should be happy that its golden goose is getting so much free publicity, and if it isn't, we know of several companies that probably wouldn't mind if zencast, zunecast, or sansacast became the preferred terminology."
Sony has announced it is going after the words "walk" and "man," though a couple decades late. Come on, had to make this into an anti-Sony argument. Just wouldn't feel right...
Enough is enough, the young Jedi reportedly said,I convert to the dark side of the force!
Say out loud: I'm an Aspie and I'm somewhat proud, I guess. Uh. Can I write an email in all caps instead? Hm...
...sort out your crazy lawyer system! How did you let all the stoopid and dangerous people get to be in charge of all you nice folks? We'd all be laughing around the rest of the world if it wasn't so stupid and also worrying, the way your legal-shark system prioritises name/IP/copyright chasing to the detriment of goodwill and common sense and energy spent on actual innovation. MacDonalds trying to prevent Scottish local butchers selling burgers they've made in their shops, Indian farmers looking over their shoulders in case they get sued off their land for growing the same Basmati rice they've grown since before Columbus sailed across the seas, sigh... you got to sort this madness out please.
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If nothing else it means the open source projects and software are going to have even more ridiculous and unpronounceable newly constructed names
In related news:
/that's for real btw/, now they go after construction companies using adobe."
"Microsoft goes after people having windows in their apartments, Sun sues people that sell and drink, or talk about java."
"Google sues all massively big numbers with typos. Suggests people use smaller numbers."
"AOL sues all Americans that are On-Line, tells people to pick: either be on-line abroad, or be Americans."
"After Adobe went after people using 'Flash' based trademarks
"News Corp. sues all news media, newspapers and news bulletins in the world."
"Companies using dictionary word based trademarks go after dictionaries including their trademarks."
"Practises in trademark law threaten the Universe to collapse from a massive lapse of logic. Won't happen because Apple is suing the Universe for making use of 'Logic', a company trademark they own."
So, largely Apple-thetic, then?
Fishermen are consulting with their lawyers.
I don't care why you're posting AC
Dude, if Apple were to destroy Coffe Pod, you should thank them. Have you ever had pod coffee? It is nasty.
---GEC
I'm but the humble pupil, seeking to snatch the scratchbuilt pebble from the master's fully articulated hand
Reminds me of portapotty.
Hmm. How about "portapoddy"? (-:
http://outcampaign.org/
i got it...
Tubecast!
This is not the greatest
I ask you to cease and desist use of the letter 'A', as I have had that trademark for over two years!
Gimme a fucking break.
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What about McDowell's? With the golden arcs and two all beef patties, special sauce, on a Plain bun? My favorite part of Coming to America
I ask you to cease and desist use of the trade mark 'ucking' and any words that may be phonetically similar to it, as I have a trade mark pending.
-Rick
"Most people in the U.S. wouldn't know they live in a tyrannical state if it walked up and grabbed their junk." - MyFirs
"Open the pod bay doors, Hal."
"I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that. Steve Jobs won't let me."
The trademark for PODS, Portable On-demand Storage Systems is owned by Portable On-demand Storage Systems, isn't that what an Ipod does, stores audio and video until demanded in a portable device?
Apocalypse Cancelled, Sorry, No Ticket Refunds
'You must be new here', said the man with the 70-times-larger UID.
step 3: god dammit, it doesn't work
...has weighed in on the issue by suggesting that the tech community as a whole adopt other terms like "audiocast" and 'videocast' (or alternately, 'audcast' and 'vidcast')...
Actually, let's uses acast and vcast.
On second thought, a and v...
[does hand gestures to indicate audiocast and videocast]
Apple won.
How are sites slashdotted when nobody reads TFAs?