The podsters from the Australian Global Geek Podcast, fearing the licensing of the word Podcast, decided to take action themselves and were the first to write to Steve Jobs, enclosing a $ 1 check: Jobs, and from the Apple trademark protection department: "... We are returning your check in the amount of one dollar. Apple does not object to the use of the common term" podcast "by third parties if it is a question of podcasting directly. The company is not going to license this term." Under the letter scan.