Posts Tagged ‘ podcast hijacking ’

SplashCast Service Introduction Turns Into Podcast Hijacking Controversy

May 3rd, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Commentary, General, Podcasting Networks, Podcasting Services

SplashCast, a startup site that lets users create channels of media content, has found itself in hot water over its new MyPodcastNetwork service, a social networking service for podcasts introduced earlier this week. Instead of generating excitement in the podcasting community, the introduction has generated a furor of anger from podcasters that feel that SplashCast [...]



Adam Curry Speaks Up About Podshow Podcast Hijacking Controversy

Jul 10th, 2006 | By James Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting, Strange

Beset by bad press in the blogosphere about this past week’s launch of PodShow + and its apparent hijacking of podcasters’ RSS feeds, PodShow founder Adam Curry addresses the issue in Saturday’s episode of his podcast, Daily Source Code.He talked about being away, attending the memorial service for his mother, who passed away last weekend, [...]



Is PodShow Still Hijacking Podcasts?

Jul 9th, 2006 | By James Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting, Podcasting Law

Some podcasters are concerned that PodShow’s updated site may still be “hijacking” podcaster’s feeds.In a post to the Podcasting News forum, David Shapiro (of the Next Big Hit) writes that “Popular non podshow podcasts have rewritten feed links for WMP, Winamp and Realplayer.”
“We never asked for these feeds to be created for Next Big Hit [...]



PodShow Updates Site to Eliminate Podcast Hijacking; It Was a Silly Mistake, Says Adam Curry

Jul 8th, 2006 | By James Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting, Podcasting Law, Strange

PodShow, which has come under heated criticism because the updated PodShow site hijacked podcasters feeds, has quickly updated their site to fix the problem.Instead of linking to podcasters’ original podcast feeds, PodShow was rewriting feeds, removing podcasters’ copyright notices and republishing them under PodShow URLs.
PodShow was quick to respond to the firestorm that erupted in [...]



Is PodShow Hijacking Podcasts?

Jul 7th, 2006 | By James Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting, Podcasting Law

Some podcasters are “pissed” at PodShow, a podcast portal founded by podcasting pioneer Adam Curry. The site appears to be republishing podcaster’s podcast feeds, with changes, under PodShow URLs.”What was Podshow thinking?” asks Geek News Central’s Todd Cochrane. “Podshow has hijacked every listed podcasters RSS Feed, stripped out data and inserted their own info.”
The [...]