Edited by author 09-24-2005 12:49 PM
'Open Rights Group' is definitely covering allot of ground with one name. : )

As from an American perspective we have the 'Patriot Act' or ‘Craziness Act’ that will need to be disassembled along with many other bureaucratic agencies soon. Some of this 'we might need it forever' garbage needs to end. Like it’s some sort of pampered comfort zone. The only comfort zone is to be educated of your rights.

Another good way to stay away from contracted codecs is to use these codecs and steer clear of Microsoft and Realplayer ones: These work well on other OSs than just Windows or Apple.

MPEG-4: http://www.mpegif.org/
Theora: http://www.theora.org/
DivX: http://www.divx.com/
Xvid: http://www.xvid.org/

Mainly our country needs to get rid of the libdvdcss library codec limitation law. Basically only the United States cannot watch most industry standard DVDs on their Linux or Open Source System. This libdvdcss file is a semi-hassle download but you need to have special copyrighting protection on the device you play the movie with that Open Source doesn’t seem to support well. Didn’t say anything about Americans though. ; )
This is probably why Sun is trying to implement an open source codec format because they are a major player in the Open Source market with their Solaris, Spark and Java that like to run JDS. Java Desktop System.

Funny the Google ads are stating those creepy 'security cameras.' They have been using them in Chicago and our crime has gotten down to pre 60's through 90's extreme levels.

Story ideas for your new book:
* A scary thought is being able to vote for your candidate of choice without having to leave your computer. The scariest thing is why in that situation would we would still want someone else to write laws for us?