Yesterday, on Adam Curry’s Daily Source Code, he revealed the music industries decision, at least in Europe, to clamp down on the use of commercial music in podcasts.

This is a sad day for podcasting, with shows like Jan Polet’s Hit Test, no longer safe to produce.

It is no surprise this happened, with all the buzz around podcasting.

What music companies fail grasp, IMHO, is that they have more content today than can be marketed and distributed through ordinary channels.

How many Madonna, Dave Matthews or Ashley Simpson records can be sold before consumers grow tired?

Podcasting allows for micro markets to form around individual artists, thereby increasing a revenue stream.

The great news, is that several pod safe tracks Adam played yesterday were awesome! Now artists whom would never get airplay on mainstream commercial networks are going to be heard by more and more people.

The crutch of the familiar is finally gone! Lets blow this mother out!