I left my computer for a couple of hours and came back to nearly 100 e-mails about an IT policy to do with podcasting.
The gist: do not download MP3 files to any device that isn’t Intel-issued. This (for the most part) includes iPods.
BUT…many people use podcasts to disseminate information and so it took the podcasting community by surprise.
We have one group in the company I know of that has issued Intel-owned iPods to a small group of employees and put together a policy. Essentially a sensible one aimed at the content makers, not employees downloading the casts. The policy boils down to: don’t create content that is secret/confidential.
Unfortunately this policy isn’t enterprise-wide yet and so someone decided to put an article out saying employees shouldn’t download podcasts. Hmmm. A bit over-the-top.
Lesson: Get a sensible policy together. Consult your legal team (we have a great one when it comes to social media). And make it enterprise-wide.
