Can 2 different podcasts have the same name?

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HallWall Author

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Can 2 different podcasts have the same name?

My friends and I have recently created a podcast and posted it to Itunes

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-get-a-life-podcast/id529624848

After we had posted for a while a member of our group discovered that another podcast had the same name:

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/get-a-life-podcast/id398385612

Is it possible for both podcasts to exist? Will one of us have to change our name? Can they force us to change our name? I'm hoping neither one of us will have to do that. Any and all help in this matter will be greatly appreciated.

Posted on Jun 27, 2012 5:25 AM

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ed2345

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Jun 27, 2012 3:46 PM in response to HallWall

If you mean can they both exist in iTunes, clearly the answer is yes since they are both there now.

Look at this: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Get-a-Life-Podcast/107052592671571

If you do a web search on "get a life" podcast you will find even more.

It could be confusion if someone is looking for your podcast and finds one of the others. Also, if one of you Get A Lifers gets famous (and I hope it is you), there will be legal action for sure.

You may want to consider adopting a more unique name. Just my opinion.

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