from Disney. We've got one up there with-- which is our New Music Tuesdays about our new music on the iTunes Music Store. All the way to really, you know, sort of the Wayne's World of radio. You know, somebody in their garage making a podcast talking about you know, what's on their mind, whether it's their commentary on new movies that have come out in the last few weeks to whatever. And so there's a wide range.
JT: Is the philosophy behind what is allowed to be offered on iTunes-- I mean, the Internet, as you know, is-- is complete and utter freedom. You can put up there almost anything you wanna put up there. And mostly that's a great thing. But there is a certain degree of anarchy involved with that. Is-- is that the same philosophy when it comes to the podcasts that are gonna be available?
SJ: You know, it is. Except that-- on our directory-- you know, we're not-- we're not allowing any pornography. And we're not allowing-- you know, copyright infringement and things like that. But other than those few guidelines you know, it's the Wild West.
JT: How big do you expect podcasting to get? How do you, say, envision this technology being used in three years, four years?
SJ: Well, you know, it's amazing. I think one of the most precious resources we all have these days is free time. And that's one of the great things about an iPod is you can use it while you're doing other stuff. So you can use it while you're exercising. You can use it while you're taking the subway to work-- driving to work, et cetera.
And what podcasting does is it lets me pick out those precise things I'm interested in. Whether it's a podcast on-- you know, on new films that have just come out, on-- on-- on-- on news, on music, whatever. And it automatically-- every time there's a new episode of that particular show, it automatically puts it on iTunes and syncs it to my iPod. So without any work on my part whatsoever, when I'm driving to work tomorrow, the latest and greatest episodes of the podcasts that I've picked are right on my iPod, saving me a ton of time.
