--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Meiser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 1/30/07, Bill Cammack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I don't know about your feedburner point, but I'll take your word for > > it. The only reasons I got involved with feedburner was to format my > > feed to go to iTunes and for (24-hour after the fact) stats. > > > > That's a great point you have about iTunes! :D I hadn't ever > > considered, and probably wouldn't ever have considered that someone > > else might go around making accounts for blog feeds they don't own in > > iTunes, MeFeedia, Fireant... whatever. You're absolutely right. > > > > It's not like Technorati, which requires you to prove that you own a > > site before they'll mark you as the site owner. As unlikely as I > > consider the situation to be, it's absolutely true that someone, > > anyone... could submit a feed to iTunes without the site owner's > > knowledge, necessarily making iTunes an aggregator, even if it's an > > unwitting participant in someone else's plan. > > > > Of course, if other people can post your blog to iTunes, Apple can > > post your blog to iTunes, which would put them in the same boat as > > "the usual suspects". :D > > I'm not talking about people "claiming your feed" or doing anything > wrong or underhanded at all. > > All I'm saying is that if I wanted to subscribe to your feed I'd rake > your RSS feed and subscribe to it in itunes... thereby your media > would be IN itunes... getting aggregated by itunes. Nothing wrong with > that... that's what iTunes was MADE to do.
To put what I said more simply: I agree completely with your point and had never considered that anyone would do something like you just mentioned. You've given me something new to think about. -- Bill C. http://ems.blip.tv > The same goes for Bloglines, Google newsreader, Mefeedia and others. > The point is > > 1) ALL of these are aggregators, though some are software and some are > webservices > > 2) NONE of them are opt-in, indeed NONE of them could functin if they > were opt-in. > > 3) ALL of them except iTunes respect the unwritten etiquette of > including a link in the interface BACK to the original blog post > > -Mike > > > -- > > Bill C. > > http://ems.blip.tv > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > >
