In my previous post, I reffered to Esther and I creating audiocasts. For those who don’t know, audiocasts are the same things as a “podcast” (â„¢ or © or ®, not sure which).

Everyone on the web has been writing about Apple’s recent move to own the word podcast by sending a C&D letter to PodcastReady and having followed this event, I am a little miffed.

I think Dave Winer has it right:

“Apple has been coasting on other people’s work, as well as contributing their own, but they’re not very generous when it comes to sharing the credit. I’d be inclined to work with them on this, and other things, if they would be kind to us and our creations. Instead Apple sneers at the people who gave them this innovation, and sends demand letters to members of the community.”

If you didn’t initially create the concept, the you just have to suck it up. I’m sorry Apple, you might be the dealer of cool when it comes to portable audio and computer design, but in this instance, you are not cool.