http://ossguy.com Ideas on how we can make the world a better place, with a technical bent Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:28:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://ossguy.com/avatar/denver_80.pnghttp://ossguy.comA better world - http://ossguy.com In What C-32 means for jailbreaking, I posted Erik Waddell's response to my question about whether jailbreaking would be illegal under Bill C-32. Mr. Waddell's reply stated that ultimately the courts will decide and that the government can make further exemptions to the TPM provisions in C-32 if it ... http://ossguy.com/?p=717 Last week I received a response from the Minister of Industry's office to another one of my questions about Bill C-32 (previous response: What C-32 means for DVDs). Here is my question: Is it legal to jailbreak an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch under Bill C-32? By jailbreaking, I ... http://ossguy.com/?p=696 I recently watched the first episode of Pioneer One, an excellent Creative Commons BY-NC-SA-licensed series. It's from VODO, an indie film distributor that really gets it (the whole "free distribution is good for you, not evil" thing). After suggesting that a WebM or Theora version should exist, the ... http://ossguy.com/?p=675 After posting DVDs and TPMs: how often is CSS used?, I asked Tony Clement if he could clarify how Bill C-32 affects DVDs (for a background on DVDs and CSS, see DVDs and TPMs...). His office replied with the following: Do you know if CSS would be a TPM? Bill C-32 ... http://ossguy.com/?p=662 On June 2, the Canadian government tabled Bill C-32, its third attempt to implement anti-circumvention laws and other changes to the Copyright Act of Canada. The proposed changes would significantly impact the way Canadians are allowed to interact with copyrighted works stored in digital form, such as movies stored ... http://ossguy.com/?p=612 Today Google launched WebM (project page), a royalty-free video format consisting of the WebM container (a "subset of the Matroska multimedia container format"), the VP8 video codec (acquired by Google when it purchased On2 Technologies), and Xiph.Org Foundation's Vorbis audio codec. Thanks to Google's many WebM-related partnerships with hardware ... http://ossguy.com/?p=600 Earlier this week, the New York Post reported that the DoJ and FTC are deciding who will investigate Apple for its developer agreement changes, which mandate that "Applications must be originally written in Objective-C, C, C++, or JavaScript". Despite my previous interest in App Store approvals, this particular piece ... http://ossguy.com/?p=587 Today Apple CEO Steve Jobs posted Thoughts on Flash, explaining why Apple will not allow Adobe Flash Player on iPhones, iPods and iPads. In the post, Jobs makes the following assertion: Adobe claims that we are a closed system, and that Flash is open, but in fact the opposite is ... http://ossguy.com/?p=574 In North America, getting a decent Internet connection usually means comparing the two options (for 78% of Americans - see main article), which tend to be DSL from the local telco or cable Internet from the cable company. Providing an Internet connection over telephone lines or cable is a ... http://ossguy.com/?p=554 This post will document my new computer, which I assembled last weekend, as well as my experiences with Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 3 on it so far. I hope that this will be useful for others that want to build a system like mine and for those that want to ... http://ossguy.com/?p=493