Volomedia claims patent over podcasting

Volomedia claims patent over podcasting

US based Volomedia has claimed that they own the patent for podcasting.

The company said that they patented the term podcasting way back in November 2003.

Volomedia added that general public only started to podcast the next year.

Market experts are however not impressed.

Dave Winer had this to say on these claims: “it seems the work Adam Curry and I did in creating the format and protocol for podcasting, in 2001, may have inspired their “invention.” It certainly predates it.”

Murgesh Navar founder of Volomedia had this to say: “Over the years, I have heard arguments, pro and con, to the utility and necessity of an intellectual property (IP) system. On one hand, there are arguments that say exclusive rights to ideas awarded on a patent excludes others from doing what they want to do and, therefore, IP systems close down access to knowledge. On the other hand, patents and intellectual property rights do drive innovation, as well as investments in new ideas. I do not wish to debate the merits of the U.S. patent system, but just acknowledge there are two sides to the issue of patent awards.”

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