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June 02, 2005
Podcasts Open the Door for More Audio Content
Posted by Ernest Miller
Rex Hammock continues his series on "How Apple will change everything about Podcasting" with a third post on the type of podcasts he would like to see (A Long Tail of Podcasts on iTunes Will Make Us Stop Thinking of "Podcasts" as Just Wayne's World Programming or Radio-like Genres). He lists a number of different things he'd like to see, from museum audio guides, to seminar sessions and business news/music mashups. Good ideas all, and he's barely scratched the surface methinks, but not all of them are really about the RSS delivery. Many of the ideas are better suited to good ol' download.
The point I would make is that the advent of podcasts may open the door for a whole raft of audio content (not just music) for download. People who have become comfortable recording daily news podcasts, will likely be willing to download similar audio content that isn't necessarily tied to an RSS feed. In fact, I would think there is the potential for some serious cross promotion.
UPDATE 0900PT
Rex Hammock responds in the comments.
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Ernest Miller pursues research and writing on cyberlaw, intellectual property, and First Amendment issues. Mr. Miller attended the U.S. Naval Academy before attending Yale Law School, where he was president and co-founder of the Law and Technology Society, and founded the technology law and policy news site LawMeme. He is a fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School.
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1. Rex Hammock on June 2, 2005 08:19 AM writes...
Thanks for the link, Ernest. I agree with you, several of the ideas don't really depend on the RSS-enclosure/subscrition aspect of podcasting. However, when I tried to write around that, I got bogged down in some nuances that only hardcore folks (like me, but only .01% of iTunes users) care about. My point is that DIY and narrow-focus audio content on a micropayment platform that is universally (or defacto) understood, opens the floodgates for lots of ideas. To your point, however, is the fact that RSS-enabled subscriptions to repeating programs or seminar sessions via iTunes can serve as true "podcasting" trojan horse to gets lots of new micropayment audio out into the marketplace. Again, thanks for your insight. I'm just throwing this stuff out there.
Permalink to Comment2. Ernest Miller on June 2, 2005 08:57 AM writes...
Thanks for comment, Rex. I'm just throwing stuff out there too.
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