Company Awarded "The Patent For Podcasting"

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday July 29, 2009 @11:55AM from the patent-for-obtaining-patents dept.

Chris Albrecht writes "VoloMedia announced today that it has been awarded what it called the 'patent for podcasting.' According to the press announcement, patent number 7,568,213, titled 'Method for Providing Episodic Media,' covers: '...the fundamental mechanisms of podcasting, including providing consumer subscription to a show, automatically downloading media to a computer, prioritizing downloads, providing users with status indication, deleting episodes, and synchronizing episodes to a portable media device.'"

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Re:Filed: October 9, 2008 by Anonymous Coward · 2009-07-29 12:23 · Score: -1, Troll

bwahahah! Hey liberals, do you really want these incompetent fucktards in charge of your health care?
Re:Filed: October 9, 2008 by alcmaeon · 2009-07-29 14:43 · Score: -1, Troll

As far as I can tell, they are no different than the incompetent fucktards currently in charge of our health care. What is your point?