No, not a confession. I was just catching up on my feeds and learned that a tempest had boiled out of its teapot and been stuffed back in by the time I woke up. Seems someone accused Apple of inserting DRM into user-contributed podcasts, when in fact they didn’t understand that AAC (Advanced Audio Content) is not necessarily DRM.
Ross Mayfield’s Weblog: Podcasting is the New Napster
No need to leave comments there: I think he got the message. But it doesn’t help copyfighting to go off half-cocked. Not does it help people embrace this as a new channel to distribute or discover new works.
[composed and posted with ecto]