Canada’s Wireless Code and The Podcast Patent

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Bunker Project Episode 143

Bunker Mavens in attendance:

Bonnie Sainsbury @bsainsbury

Margaret Reynolds @bc_insurancega

lAndrew McGivern @podcasthero

Bob Garlick @bobgarlick

Paul @nozipaul

Randall Orser @numbercrunchers

Ian Nethercott @lovebuyingcars

Maryln Anderson @mande2

Marcel Lapointe @ unknown

Sanj Sukerkar @genesysdesigns

Ken McGrath @kenamcg

James Karg @twisted_majic

Listen to the episode and read the full show notes to get all the details.

Show 143

Voicemail feedback from…. NORM!!!

• Norm was checking out our show notes and saw some interesting points. He thinks patent trolls suck and they are the scum of the earth. He said Apple doesn’t seem to be leaders anymore and appear to be laggers. He asks James when will XBox be the complete box and replace the home computer.

Conspiracy Talk

• The words the NSA is scanning for include Terrorist, Bomb and Social Media – wtf?

• Bob said back in 1972 we lost our privacy… people who are complaining now are too late.

• Prism – a special folder that is only accessible by the government. The government requests information and the corporation copies the info into the folder.

• Margaret says the government doesn’t have the resources to monitor everybody and scan everyone’s info. Ian disagrees.

• Bonnie said if your bad guy doesn't be good at SEO.

• Andrew doesn’t think Prism is a bad idea in and of itself but the problem is that the government can arbitrarily get information about people without reasonable suspicion.

• Bob said the police can take data from your smartphone when they pull you over.

• We talk about cell phone companies and if they store people's information.

• The NSA whistleblower, Edward Snowden is hiding out in Hong Kong.

• Bonnie said nobody cares about their privacy and government monitoring.

• Andrew mentions the new Consumer Protection Act which allows seizure of private property without court oversight.

• Paul brings up Google and other corporations being just as bad as the government.

The Comprehensive Beer Tasting Workout

http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/beer-tasting-workout

• Great article about how to improve your pallet for hops, malt, etc.

• Andrew says you don’t have to do all these exercises to know that Brewmaster Black from Okanagan Springs.

Good News on the Podcast Patent

• Andrew mentions some good progress in the fight against the podcast patent.

• Ian asks if Andrew owns the patent… Andrew says he grabbed a patent that predated Personal Audio’s patent and invalidated it!

• We digress about fiver.com

• The Electronic Frontier Foundation has taken up the fight against Personal Audio LLC.

• They raised the money required to contest the patent within 10 hours. They are going to take the fight directly to the Patent and Trademark Office instead of going to court. They are looking for help in finding ‘prior art’ which predates 1996 showing the concept of podcasting existed before Personal Audio’s claim.

The New iOS

• Andrew said that the new iOS looks good even though they heavily borrow from Android, Windows Phone, and Blackberry.

• James said they should have partnered with other companies instead of competing with Pandora and others.

• James said the only cool thing Apple announced was the Mac Pro.

Some headlines from the Apple Announcements: