Re: Podcast Security

Eric's right on the money here. Very good point.

Ultimately, you want control over the end user having the right to play the file, especially in circunstances such as Jake's where the audio/video may contain trade secrets. There are a plethora of uses for podcasts that could benefit from this kind of security.

Unfortunately, I know of no simple (in terms of technical difficulty and/or monetary expense) way of implementing DRM for a podcast.

I admit that, in general, podcast listeners are more tech savy than the general public. However, I still feel that most of them don't really understand the underlying mechanics of podcasting with it's RSS feed written in XML. So, for my needs right now, being able to keep track of who's downloading a specific RSS feed works pretty well. I don't feel that people are sharing the files' url. Maybe I'm wrong though.

Again, for what I'm trying to accomplish, it works like a charm. Of course other people's mileage may vary.

What I do know, is that the podcasting universe has still just been born. These issues of DRM will get more attention over the next few years. If not the next few months.





Good luck!

Jon
TreeLine Productions
Fort Collins, CO USA

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