Proper use of the term "Podcast"

A media company recently started advertising that they "Podcast" recent shows. In reality, they offer a program that listeners can down load and install. From there, the software allows you to access, listen to and save mp3 files to one's hardrive. From there, they can be imported to iTunes.
Their files are not accessible directly from iTunes in the Podcast section of the Music Store.
Is this a proper and legal use of the term "Podcast"?

As I understand it, a podcast is something that is automatically fetched from the Internet and added to your portable audio player, most often via RSS to iTunes to iPod. The term "podcast" existed before Apple built the feature right into iTunes, so despite the fact that the name refers to iPods, the term isn't limited podcasts listed in the iTunes Music Store.
In this specific case, I think you're correct in your assumption. Since it doesn't sound like the new episodes are fetched automatically nor are they automatically synched with a portable audio player, I don't think the term "podcast" should be used. However, people misuse computer terms all the time, even big media companies, so I wouldn't get too upset about it.

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Problem is, it's insufficient in and of itself, and misleading... It's a rule of thumb that's way too general.
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