There must be something in the water this week. We've got Apple acting stupid by trying to hammer small frys over the word podcast. And now we've got PodShow shutting out some of their podcasts from getting wider exposure.

Todd Cochrane reports that PodShow podcasters have been ordered to remove their listings from the Blubrry social podcasting community. Todd indicates that he even offered some of these podcasts ad deals, as in the money making type of deals. Unfortunately, Todd reports that, "I have been told that they are not allowed to respond."

Great. What happened to Quit Your Day Job? You can't quit your job if you turn down ad deals. I also wonder what the podcasters are thinking. After all, since Blubrry is totally opt-in then those podcasters had to take the time to add their listing to Blubrry. I'm sure they are not allowed to say anything since Blubrry has been officially labeled "a competitor".

This "locked in a black box" approach is not social. And it totally ignores the value of having multiple points of presence for shows. Since PodShow believes that they are something like MySpace I wonder when they will start banning MySpace profiles for all the Quit Your Day Jobbers.