For those of you on facebook, there's a group against ACTA. https://www.facebook.com/groups/284478734946368/
Ramon Casha On 31 January 2012 06:28, Daniel <[email protected]> wrote: > In the meantime, let's do something practical. visit the AVAAZ website. > > *http://www.avaaz.org/en/eu_save_the_internet/?fp* > > > > Patents fall under intellectual property. Small software houses and > start-ups are also affected. If this gets as bad as airport security with > regards to privacy invasion, even Joe Public will join us in such a > campaign. > > Considering that China already pulled out of it, i don't get the whole > point of the US pushing this down the EU's throat. Its already a lost > battle. I am moving my servers to AWS in Brazil ... oh wait, I have to pay > with Visa and they are American - dammit > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 7:53 PM, David C. Carachi <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> In what way? By enforcing software patents? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Warren Camilleri >> Sent: 30 January 2012 19:53 >> To: Malta Linux User Group - general list >> Subject: Re: [LINUX.ORG.MT] ACTA >> >> i know that ramon it also eliminates projects like libreoffice.org, >> android and such... >> >> -- >> >> Warren Camilleri >> >> Founding Father >> Mobile: +356 7991 2004 <%2B356%207991%202004> >> Skype: ossmalta | Twitter: warren_oss >> Also a member of MLUG, The Document Foundation, Ubuntu Malta >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Ramon Casha" <[email protected]> >> To: "MLUG List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, 30 January, 2012 7:35:19 PM >> Subject: [LINUX.ORG.MT] ACTA >> >> >> Has anyone taken a close look at ACTA from the perspective of Linux >> and/or OSS? For instance, with ACTA, DVD playing software in Linux is >> illegal (because they still rely on decss). Also, according to an analysis >> by the FSF, ACTA would require that ISPs no longer host free software that >> can access copyrighted media, and DRM-protected media would not be legally >> playable with free or open source software. >> >> Ramon Casha >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MLUG-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >> _______________________________________________ >> MLUG-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MLUG-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing > [email protected]http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > >
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