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PRACTICE NOTES
This Practice Note offers hands-on guidance on the principal legal issues linked to making podcasts. It covers: what a podcast is; the intellectual property (IP) rights that subsist in a podcast; other regulatory and legal matters affecting podcasts; and key issues in podcast agreements.
What is a podcast?
Although the term ‘podcast’ has evolved since the early 2000s, most people regard podcasts as audio—and increasingly audiovisual—programmes delivered by streaming or downloading straight to a user’s smartphone or another device. Podcasts have grown enormously in popularity and some analysts predict the market could be worth close to US$100bn in the coming years. That rise has been driven by a range of factors, including:
widespread smartphone use, making it simple to stream and download podcasts
lower barriers to entry than traditional media, enabling creators to swiftly test, develop and produce new podcast formats
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