Podcasting patented! VoloMedia claims major tech patent

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Hold onto your iPhones—a company called VoloMedia was yesterday granted a patent on a ” method for providing episodic media content .” Or, as the company puts it in today’s announcement, VoloMedia now owns the “US patent for podcasting.” Prepare to pay up? Even the patent’s chief inventor, Murgesh Navar, knows that the claim is controversial. Before anyone had time to start asking questions about the patent, Navar authored a blog post explaining just why he’s entitled to control podcasting.