Podcast Patent & Podcasting 123

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 Bunker Project Episode 123:

This week we are talking about podcasting, the podcast patent, and Scott Paton (the professor of podology) joins us for the show… Scott introduced Andrew to podcasting 5 years ago at his podcasting bootcamp.

Mavens in the House:

Andrew McGivern @podcasthero

Bob Garlick @bobgarlick

Paul @nozipaul

Sanj Sukekar @genesysdesign

Margaret Reynolds @bc_insurancegal

Marcel Lapointe @crazytvtalk – via Bob’s speakerphone.

Bonnie Sainsbury @bsainsbury

Randal Orser @numbercrunchers

Ken MacGrath @kenamcg

Paul the Rock God @paultherockgod

Adam Stanger @ parts unkown

James Karg @twisted_majic

Show 123 – Podcast Patent Troll and Podcasting 123

Scott says you need to know more than just the technical side of podcasting. You should know blogging, Youtube, internet marketing and social media marketing.

Roundtable intros: Name, Twitter and if you have a podcast,  starting a podcast, participate in a podcast or web show.

Paul (nozipaul) doesn’t have a podcast but is thinking about it.

Randal is thinking about starting a podcast this year.

Bonnie is the Co-Host with Margaret of Women Talking Tech

Margaret has a show called To Finance and Protect and of Course Women Talking Tech

Paul the Rock God thinks he should do a Karaoke podcast

James doesn’t have a  podcast yet but participates in The Craft Beer Network, Crazy TV Talk. James may start a standalone podcast – Gaming with James.

The beer we drink at the Bunker Show is Brewmaster Black – we digress about the wonderful black beer we all love.

Scott has done 30 to 40 podcasts in the past. Not all of them are currently active. His Weight Loss and The Mind show had over 300 000 subscribers.

Ken has produced tons of podcasts and radio programs. He has a new show coming out very soon.

Bob is willing to sell his online presence for a hefty fee but Andrew says he patented Bob Garlick and is now going to sue Bob for unauthorized use of the term Bob Garlick…

Podcast Patent 

Volomedia was granted a patent on podcasting a couple years ago.

Apple was granted a patent for podcasting. 

And now Personal Audio LLC has been granted a patent on podcasting.

Personal Audio LLC sued Apple over a separate hardware patent covering playlists. Apple lost the lawsuit and paid 8 Million dollars plus 4 Million dollars interest.

Andrew gives us his prediction about what he thinks they will do with the patent. Free license for hobbyists and businesses pay.

Bonnie said after all these years should they have a patent if they didn’t enforce it? Andrew agrees but none of are lawyers.

Ken asks if the technology can be reworked to get around the patent.

Ken asks if there is a legal defense fund we can donate to… great segue to Leo Laporte and Adam Carolla’s plan for a Kickstarter-style campaign to get a legal defense fund to stop these guys.

We play Leo Laporte’s initial public reaction to the lawsuit against big name podcasters.