Syndication theft
May 4, 2007
SplashCast has been making waves in the podcasting community as they aggregate and redistribute publishers feeds with little or no linkback. It is more complex though as even with linkbacks publishers are not happy as they want consumers to consume feeds directly from them and not through a third-party.
It is a thorny issue as SplashCast think they are offering a valuable service to consumers (and publishers) while publishers are generally just angry with them.
Aggregators and redistributors of syndicated media need to pay heed to the thoughts of publishers. What seems like a cool idea can turn into a copyright case.
In a way it is sad state of affairs as it devalues the potential of syndicated items living on the internet.
