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+---
+license: artistic-2.0
+pretty_name: The Autocast Initiative
+tags:
+- art
+- sound
+- podcast
+- podcasting
+---
+# The Autocast Initiative
+This dataset archives podcasts in real-time. Podcasts that indentify with the principle of autocasting as their method for sharing audiofiles with an audience of subsribers.
+
+All contributers are volonteers.
+
+## The Principles Autocasting
+
+* The content is primarily not created.
+
+* Neither the files or the RSS feed is not manipulated after publish, other than to correct mistakes.
+*  * The "episode description" is the exception to the above. Use this field however you please.
+
+* No method is to be considered "too low-effort" when it comes to generating audiofiles.
+
+* For content protected by monetization is encouraged to commit scrambled content and provide means for unscrambling as they see fit.
+*  * Further monetization is encouraged.
+ 
+* Get paid if you can.
+   
+## How to contribute
+
+Create a folder for your autocast as so: 
+```
+/archive/[Name of your feed]/
+```
+
+Do not substitute special characters (if possible)
+
+In this folder, include your episodes as well as snapshots of your RSS feed at the time of publish (if possible)
+```
+/archive/[Name of your feed]/[001].mp3 // or whichever format you use
+/archive/[Name of your feed]/[001].xml
+/archive/[Name of your feed]/[002].mp3 // ...
+/archive/[Name of your feed]/[002].xml
+...
+/archive/[Name of your feed]/[00n].mp3 // ...
+/archive/[Name of your feed]/[00n].xml
+...
+```
+
+If you intend to publish more than 1000 episodes in a single feed, figure it out (responsibly)