“iPodcast” trademark?? PLEASE!
Sometimes I think Apple really gets it and then sometimes they act like this and you just have to just shake your head in disbelief! Podcasting is about open media not trademarks… daaaaaaaaaaaa!
It’s about passionate podcasters, so called independent Podcasters (there they go again), not corporate media productions.
Apple just doesn’t get Media 2.0! If they did, they wouldn’t be wasting all those huge dollars on traditional media TV spots.
Apple files for “iPodcast” trademark:
Whatchu talkin’ about, Apple? Maybe it’s really just a noble gesture to try and finally end the feud between Dave Winer and Adam Curry but sheesh, Apple — trying to get a trademark on the term “iPodcast” is kind of a slap in the face to all the folks who were doing this long before you came along (and in turn, all the folks who were publishing audio shows on the web before the term “podcasting” came along).
Technorati Tags: Apple, Clueless, iPodcast, Podcasting, Social Media
Read MoreConsumer Fare Use Rights are being Obliterated
Consumer fare use rights are now no longer in the hands of the consumer. First Microsoft Vista and now Tivo. Who is protecting the consumer’s Fare Use Rights?
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Read MoreWindows Vista Bundling in Abusive DRM! Bad Idea!
This is a huge invasion of my rights if I can’t choose to turn DRM on an off! This is the broadcast flag in the OS! There is no way I use or buy Vista with “always on” DRM. What happened to the concept of fair use?
Hollywood + Windows Vista = 4eva – Engadget – www.engadget.com
Between TPM support, integrated DRM in next-gen optical drives and codecs (i.e. WMV HD/VC1), and, of course, our favorite, PVP-OPM, Microsoft seems to be pulling out all the stops when it comes to locking down their next version of Windows.
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Read MoreMicrosoft, Apple ‘spar over iPod patent’ | The Register
Microsoft, Apple ‘spar over iPod patent’ | The Register
According to AppleInsider, a patent filed in 2002 by a Microsoft researcher has prompted the US Patent and Trademark Office to reject an Apple application to patent its iPod user interface.
I can’t figure out which is worse, apple not promptly filing a patent for their iPod, or Microsoft filing a patent for a product they never produced.
Technorati Tags: Apple, iPod, Patents, Microsoft
Read MoreOur Patent System is all screwed up!
Slashdot | Patent Examiners Flee USPTO
john-da-luthrun writes “Soaring numbers of patent applications for software and business processes is not only leading to the ludicrous patents for the likes of Amazon and Microsoft.Patent examiners battle stress
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has a gem of a new headquarters in Alexandria, Va., with a 10-story atrium and employee-friendly amenities, including fitness and child-development centers. But the facilities are not preventing what some observers say is a noticeable exodus of patent examiners from the agency.Patent protection for software belongs in the ‘rejected’ file – Technology – International Herald Tribune
NEW YORK “Exciting,” “uninteresting” and “not exciting” don’t seem like technical terms. But they show up a lot in the U.S. patent application No. 20,050,160,457, titled “Annotating Programs for Automatic Summary Generation.”
I’m not sure what it it, but there has to be a better way! Microsoft files over 3500 patents per year! Many of these are incremental ideas and many are never even used! Many other companies abuse the system as well!
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Read MoreGoogle – United States Patent Application: 0050165615
United States Patent Application: 0050165615
Embedding advertisements in syndicated content
Abstract
Incorporating targeted ads into information in a syndicated, e.g., RSS, presentation format in an automated manner is described. Syndicated material e.g., corresponding to a news feed, search results or web logs, are combined with the output of an automated ad server. An automated ad server is used to provide keyword or content based targeted ads. The ads are incorporated directly into a syndicated feed, e.g., with individual ads becoming items within a particular channel of the feed. The resulting syndicated feed including targeted ads is supplied to the end user, e.g., as a set of search results or as a requested web log. Embedding of targeted ads into syndicated feeds and/or user response to the embeddedads is be tracked in an automated manner for billing. The automated targeting and insertion process allows ads to be kept current and timely while the original feed may be considerably older.
In RSS, the OPEN standard?
Microsoft: RSS Will Be Big in Longhorn
The behemoth of Redmond is also saying it’s working on something called Simple List Extensions, an RSS enhancement which will let RSS wrangle ordered lists of content, such as playlists and photo albums. Microsoft will make these extensions available through a Creative Commons license, which means that other developers can incorporate them into their services and software products.
The scary thing here is that Microsoft gets it and Google clearly doesn’t.
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