STORM CLOUDS
Storm Clouds Gather Over Podcasting proclaims Michelle Kessler from USA Today written on August 4, 2005. Ms. Kessler is really concerned about copyright issues. She covers streaming video over the Internet which is really live broadcasting and is covered under traditional radio licenses. Streaming content, since it isn’t recorded, is not as easy to pirate as podcasts. She goes on to say that radio station in Seattle invited 14 unsigned or small label bands from the Seattle area to contribute songs to a podcast. The station and the bands signed a contract and the podcast was a hit. Now the radio stations are waiting for the major labels to sign on to this idea. Some people worry that it will take years for the contracts to be worked out and this would keep podcasting from reaching its full potential. (139)
