In a piece on NewTeeVee, they announce that VoloMedia has been awarded a patent on podcasting. I’m not a lawyer, and I haven’t read the patent, but the information in the NewTeeVee piece they list key points, and it looks like most podcasts are covered. It’s not at all obvious what this will do to the world of podcasting, though VoloMedia says they won’t be going after individual podcasters. Just who will they be going after, then? I suppose we’ll all have to wait until a newer episode to find out…

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